Shirley Chisholm, was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1968 she became the first black woman ever to be elected to Congress  and the first black person to run for the presidential nomination of a major political party, paving the way for Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to run in 1976.

Chisholm won more than 430,000 votes in fourteen states and 28 delegates at the Democratic Convention in Miami. As a reporter I was with her when black men excoriated for making the run and then many white women deserted her when she did; but she was a tough tireless fighter. 

In my book she tells how the double lash of racism and sexism affected her and how she managed to let neither break her. She authored two books, Unbought and Unbossed and The Good Fight. You will  be surprised at what religion she claims gave her the most strength and why she doesn’t want to be remembered  as the first black to make a bid for the presidency. Rep. Chisholm, a New York Democrat who served in Congress for 15 years, died in 2005.

You can see our full length interview from August 26th, 2987 in the book below!

The first black woman elected to Congress and the first black person to seek presidential nomination from a major political party, Shirley Chisholm spent 26 years in politics.

Jesse Jackson: America’s David

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This was the first book to expose lies embedded in his rise to one of the nation’s foremost black leaders. She chronicles original behind-the-scene pieces of history – the MLK assassination story, growing up in a shack, Operation Breadbasket finances, and Jackson’s personal life. Exclusively available on this website.

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