2025Nominee
Best Performance
One to One: John & Yoko
Shirley Chisholm
Actor
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
November 30, 1924
Biography
Shirley Anita Chisholm (née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Throughout her career, she was known for taking "a resolute stand against economic, social, and political injustices", as well as being a strong supporter of black civil rights and women's rights.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1973Winner
Best Performance
Year of the Woman
1989Nominee
Best Performance
Adam Clayton Powell
Career Highlights
1972Highlight
Best Performance
Shirley Chisholm for President
2004Highlight
Best Performance
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
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One to One: John & Yoko
A Seat at the Table - The Making of Buffalo's Shirley Chisholm Statue
Accomplished Women