Congress Honors Shirley Chisholm, the First African American Woman Representative

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by a vote of 415-0 a resolution honoring Shirley Chisholm, thefirst African American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress and the first to run for the Presidency.


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