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Shirley Chisholm

Decades before Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm. As the first black woman to run for president for a major political party she was years ahead of her time. So why don't more people know about her? An American politician, educator, and author, in 1968 she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for
7.30pm
Members and students free, £3 entry for other guests
University of Gloucestershire Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester GL2 9HW
Thu 26 Oct 2017
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