Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm:
. One of very few women to run for president
. First black person to run for president
. Believed in Equality of race
. Created the National Political Congress of Black Women
. Showed people that no matter what your race or gender you can make our dream come true


Quotes:
.Of my two "handicaps" being female put more obstacles in my path than being black.
.My God, what do we want? What does any human being want? Take away an accident of pigmentation of a thin layer of our outer skin and there is no difference between me and anyone else. All we want is for that trivial difference to make no difference.

.My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.