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DESCRIPTION:Film Screening and Discussion of "Chisholm '72: Unbought and 
 Unbossed"\n\nJoin the film screening and discussion of the documentary on 
 the historic presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, the first woman & 
 first Black major-party candidate to run \nfor President of the United 
 States in 1972.\n\nFri, Aug 21, 2020 @ 6:00 PM PDT\n\nCost: FREE\n\nRSVP 
 Eventbrite: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-zoom-discussion-of-chisholm-72-unbought-and-unbossed2004-77-minutes-registration-115289140924\n\nBorn 
 in Brooklyn to Caribbean immigrants, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm 
 (1924-2005) became one of the most consequential American politicians of 
 the latter twentieth century.\n\nRaised in Brooklyn and Barbados, she 
 excelled at academics, earning a BA from Brooklyn College in 1946. She 
 married Jamaican Conrad O. Chisholm in 1949. Politically active from a 
 young age, she worked in early education and child welfare through much of 
 the 1950s while seeking the greater inclusion of women and people of color 
 in a variety of Democratic political organizations.\n\nChisholm was elected 
 to the New York State Assembly in 1964 and as the New York State Democratic 
 National Committeewoman in 1968. That same year she became the first Black 
 woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. \n\nShe 
 co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Women's 
 Political Caucus. She opposed the war in Vietnam while serving on the 
 Veteran's Affairs Committee, and sought to raise the minimum wage while 
 serving on the Education and Labor Committee. \n\nShe became the first 
 Democrat woman and first Black major-party candidate to run for President 
 of the United States in 1972.\n\nABOUT: "Chisholm '72: Unbought and 
 Unbossed" (2004)\n\nProducer-director Shola Lynch was a child actor on 
 Sesame Street, and remembered Chisholm as an inspiring figure in American 
 politics. Advanced degrees in history and apprenticing with documentarian 
 Ken Burns on the acclaimed series Jazz lead her to Chisholm as a subject 
 for her first documentary feature. Chisholm '72 is enriched not only by 
 extensive footage of the campaign, but by interviews with Chisholm as a 
 witty and wise elder stateswoman. What emerges is a portrait of a person of 
 uncommon integrity and strength who made an extraordinary difference in the 
 lives of Americans.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/09/18835784.php
SUMMARY:Film Screening and Discussion of "Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed"
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/09/18835784.php
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