And she's written extensively about black women in politics. With us now to tell us more about Shirley Chisholm, her years in Congress and her place in history are Shola Lynch, who produced and directed an award winning film about Chisholm's run for the presidency called, appropriate enough, 'Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed.'Īlso with us Barbara Ransby, she's a professor of history and African- American studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It's titled 'Unbought and Unbossed' and a 40th anniversary edition of the book has just been published. MARTIN: How she got started and what made her tick is the subject of the startlingly candid autobiography that she first published in 1970. And my presence before you now symbolizes a new era in American political history. I'm not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests. I'm not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I'm equally proud of that. SHIRLEY ANITA ST: I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. And she earns that distinction again four years later when she became the first black president from a major party to run for president and the first woman to seek the Democratic nomination. That distinction of being the first black woman to do something was one she found both foolish and a source of pride and motivation. Congress after a campaign where she promised that she was unbought and unbossed.

Hill Chisholm was sworn in as the first black woman to serve in the U.S.

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Chisholm unbought and unbossed