5.7K views · 472 reactions | Shirley Chisholm was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, the first African American woman to do so. In 1972 Chisholm ran for president and showed all politicians what it meant to be unbought and unbossed. Learn more from WMHT Public Media: to.pbs.org/36zpkWR #BlackHistoryPBS #BlackHistoryMonth | PBS | Facebook

9.8K views · 270 reactions | On this day 50 years ago, Shirley Chisholm announced her intention to run for the US presidency. She was the first black woman from a major party to seek the nomination to run for the country’s highest office. https://bbc.in/3qW3Uh9 | BBC World Service | Facebook

This Presidents' Day we honor Shirley Chisholm—a woman that changed political history when she became the first black woman to run for president: | The Root

Born #OnThisDay in 1924, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress and the first Black candidate from a major party to run for president of the United States. Chisholm carved out new roles for Black women in politics, proclaiming herself “unbought and unbossed” as she sought reforms to inequities based on race, gender, and class. Learn more about her life and legacy: https://s.si.edu/3Zr7eSN 📸 1. 2. 3. 6. Photographs by Maurice Sorrell. 4. 5. Photographs by Monet