![]() ![]() She was elected to Congress in 1968 from New York’s 12th Congressional District. She became increasingly involved with local Democratic politics in her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood and was recruited to run as a candidate for the state assembly, where she served from 1964 to 1968. (National Archives Identifier 7452354)Ĭhisholm’s path eventually leading to her Presidential campaign began in Brooklyn, New York. Shirley Chisholm shortly after her election to Congress in 1968. ![]() This was not the first time that a glass ceiling had been shattered in the political arena-long before 2008 there was a remarkable African American woman who attempted to buck the system and run a grassroots campaign for the Presidency. Either candidate’s election would have disrupted the historical succession of white male Presidents. For the first time, a woman and an African American man were the front-runners of a major political party for this nation’s highest office. The 2008 Democratic Presidential run was a watershed moment in American politics. To commemorate the historic event, the National Archives is having a special document exhibit in the East Rotunda Gallery of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, through April 3, 2019. ![]() This year marks the 50th anniversary of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s swearing-in as the first African American woman in Congress. ![]()
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