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[scribesandvibes]

Unbought & Unbossed. -#ShirleyChisholm • #unboughtandunbossed ・・・ #scribesandvibes #adifferentkindofvibe #unorthodoxtribe https://www.instagram.com/p/CmIfWkTORXm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” - Shirley Chisholm This #BlackHistoryMonth, do yourself a favor and learn about Shirley Chisholm. Her motto was “Unbought and Unbossed” and she backed that up every step of the way. In 1968 she was the first Black woman elected to Congress, representing NY’s 12th congressional district, Bedford-Stuyvesant. She served seven terms, and was the first Black candidate to run for President for a major party nomination. She was a tireless advocate for early childhood education, food and nutrition programs for the poor, land rights for Indigenous people, and the right of domestic workers to a minimum wage, and worked across party lines to get reforms made. @now_nyc, @gloriasteinem and Betty Friedan threw their support behind her during her presidential run. Chisholm said she ran for the office "in spite of hopeless odds ... to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo". Find some clips of her speaking or the documentary “Shirley Chisholm '72: Unbought and Unbossed” and be in awe of this singular, unapologetically badass woman. #shirleychisholm #blackhistorymonth #unboughtandunbossed #intersectionalfeminism #feminists #blackwomen #powerfulwomen #womeningovernment #congresswomen #heroes #bedfordstuyvesant #bedstuy #brooklyn #feminism #bringafoldingchair #aseatatthetable https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhNS2duURG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thetshirtlady]

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[ariadnearchive]

100 years ago women won the right to vote across the country, but it didn’t stop the disenfranchisement of Black, Indigenous Latina and Asian American women. There is so much work to do, and we will continue to do it. Today I voted wearing red lipstick thinking of our women ancestors, and thanked them for all they did 💄 #womenstrong #womenssuffrage #nineteenthamendment #equalrightsamendment #votingrightsact #unboughtandunbossed #VOTE https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDaYgUn7TI/?igshid=z9ml7uejaymo

[yourdisappointedarms]

“My present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States: it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed on the people for years, whose practitioners exchange gilded promises for the most valuable thing their victims own, their votes. And who benefits most? “ #shirleychisholm #american #politician #educator #author #activist #firstblackcongresswoman #firstblackmajorpartypresidentialcandidate #readafuckingbook #unboughtandunbossed https://www.instagram.com/p/CEByr_xBNBh/?igshid=9cw35vds9brt

[jaydtats]

#UltimateSwagg #US #blacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #shirleychisholm #foldingchair #unboughtandunbossed https://www.instagram.com/p/CBHqvObDLck/?igshid=uqhlzha87zcp

[blackonblackbk]

On this #internationalwomensday I wanna give a shoutout to the OG #unboughtandunbossed #shirleychisholm for breaking the seal on black women running for #president after being the first black woman in Congress. . "Shirley Chisholm: 1924-2005 . Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrated her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. . Born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 30, 1924, Chisholm was the oldest of four daughters to immigrant parents Charles St. Hill, a factory worker from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. Hill, a seamstress from Barbados. She graduated from Brooklyn Girls’ High in 1942 and from Brooklyn College cum laude in 1946, where she won prizes on the debate team. Although professors encouraged her to consider a political career, she replied that she faced a “double handicap” as both black and female. . Discrimination followed Chisholm’s quest for the 1972 Democratic Party presidential nomination. She was blocked from participating in televised primary debates, and after taking legal action, was permitted to make just one speech. Still, students, women, and minorities followed the “Chisholm Trail.” She entered 12 primaries and garnered 152 of the delegates’ votes (10% of the total)—despite an under-financed campaign and contentiousness from the predominantly male Congressional Black Caucus.” . #womenshistorymonth #grlpwr #repeatafterme #girlpower #womensrights #wefight #weresist #wewillwin #outfittingtherevolution #deconstructtheconstruct #itslifeordeathforus #intersectionality #civilrights #humanrights #equality #equalityforall no #racism, #sexism, #classism, #ableism, #homophobia, #transphobia, #xenophobia #alliesandchampions #notagame (at Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fYk9vp8Qw/?igshid=1c1wuk3g00mrd

[trascapades]

📰👏🏿✊🏿❤🎨 #ArtIsAWeapon #NYC's largest state park, named after the formidable Congresswoman #ShirleyChisolm, opened this week in #Brooklyn. Ms. Chisolm was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, and to run for president. She was a Brooklyn native. #Mural by #artist @daniellebknyc Danielle Mastrion. From @bk_reader: "A former landfill along Jamaica Bay has been transformed into a green oasis, the 407-acre Shirley Chisholm State Park - East New York’s waterfront is now home to the Shirley Chisholm State Park, New York City’s largest state park and Brooklyn’s new top destination for outdoor recreation and wellness.  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday the opening of the 407-acre park named in honor of trailblazing Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm along the shores of Jamaica Bay. The new state park is a signature project of the governor’s Vital Brooklyn Initiative, which calls for 34 new or improved pocket parks, community gardens, playgrounds and recreation centers within a ten-minute walk of every Central Brooklyn resident." Read full story by #AndreaLeonhardt: www.bkreader.com/2019/07/02/nycs-largest-state-park-debuts-in-east-new-york/ #Photo by Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo #UnboughtandUnbossed #ShirleyChisolmStatePark #ShirleyChisolmPark #EastNewYork #Waterfront #JamaicaBay #TraScapades https://www.instagram.com/p/BzkzVPUFL-a/?igshid=hu2puvie89yk

[librarynoire]

#UnboughtandUnbossed #ShirleyChisholm #book #books #womenshistorymonth #bibliophile #bookblogger #toread #toreadlist #blackwomenhistory #blackwomen #blackhistory #bookworm #bookshelf #readers #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #ilovebooks #womeninpolitics #currentlyreading #goodreads https://www.instagram.com/p/Bug1BOYHV0y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o82fgvlzvc7c

[ncbwmetrony]

This is our Save the Date for our chapter chartering ceremony that will be taking place virtually on Thursday September 24th 2020 7PM. Please add in your calendars and share on your socials and to friends to join us on this special occasion. For more info please email info@ncbwmetrony.org #MetroNY #QueenMarigolds #ncbwmetrony #chaptercelebration #ncbwnational #ncbwmetronewyork #SaveTheDate #unboughtandunbossed #shirleychisholm #ny #nyc #womenempowerment #femaleempowerment #september https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmaDF3B5eK/?igshid=1l6oglvr3y0m2

[scribesandvibes]

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[mystickybalion]

• Know Your History: Black History Month. Shirley Chisholm was a pioneer of her generation - the first African American and woman to run for president. In 1972, she campaigned with the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed”. Her approach to analyzing systemic oppression is more important today than ever. “In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.” - Shirley Chisholm. #KnowYourHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #ShirleyChisholm #UnboughtAndUnbossed @yourrightscamp @ravisionmedia • #Repost @kaepernick7 ・・・

[blesseddaddy]

"Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution but revolution." #ShirleyChisholm The first Black woman elected to U.S. Congress and the first African American to run for President and first woman to run for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination. #WomensMarch #WomensMarchOnWashington #UnboughtAndUnbossed #Resistance #HearOurVoice #Solidarity #Activism #OurBodies #OurMinds #OurPower #ImWithHer #WorldOfWilbekin #WOW

[originalgladiatorcollective]

Greetings. This is a #belated 50th #anniversary #celebration of the election to #uscongress of #ShirleyChisholm, the first woman to run for the Democratic party's Presidential nomination. Yesterday, 11/30/2018, on what would have been her 94th birthday, it was announced by @nycmayor 's administration that a monument will be erected in her honor at the Parkside entrance of Brooklyn's Prospect Park....well deserved. #happybirthday #unboughtandunbossed. @Regran_ed from @caribbeanlifenews - Happy Birthday Shirley Chisholm! The first black congresswoman, of Barbadian descent, would have been 94-years-old today! #ShirleyChisholm #HappyBirthday - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2M819l6Tp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19zs3t5t1iail

[sturaiy-blog]

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[blackwomenincinema]

Black Women in US Politics: Chisholm ’72 – Unbought and Unbossed (Shola Lynch, 2004).

“I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud; I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that. I am the candidate of the people of America. And my presence before you now symbolizes a new era in American political history.” ― Shirley Chisholm.

 Courtesy of Robert Ball. https://mendolaart.com/project/robert-ball/

Shirley Chisholm’s political struggle is outstandingly documented in Shola Lynch’s Chisholm ’72 – Unbought and Unbossed. The film, which was released in 2004, presents the audience with a new nuance of what it means to be marginalized because of your race and gender, especially in 1970s United States. Shola Lynch, who is a black woman herself, used Shirley Chisholm as a portal that previews the lives of African American women in the late 1960s and early 70s.

On January 25, 1972, Chisholm defied all odds and decided to pursue the presidency of the United States. The film looks into Chisholm’s campaign as “the first Black candidate for president and as the first woman candidate to seek that office through a major party” (Marble, 2011, 6). Chisholm was the first black woman to attempt this.

Although Chisholm was already challenging stereotypes when she was elected as the first African-American congresswoman, her participation in the presidential elections was a revolutionary act that went beyond just race and gender. Chisholm was an advocate for issues related to poverty, war, racial injustices, and equality. Ironically, her race and gender were what limited her potential success. 

The film presents us with a variety of things that Chisholm defied and influenced, yet the most important thing that this film touched upon is its effect on African American women in the 1970s and beyond. Throughout the film, Lynch mentions the emerging women’s movement of the 1970s, a movement that was led by white women such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan, who showed a great amount of support towards Chisholm’s campaign. She encouraged women to challenge the status quo and to question the lives “mapped out for them by society” (Marble, 2011, 7). However, the film revealed that the new feminist movement was a predominantly white women’s movement, and black women “fell in the cracks”.

Chisholm was able to create inclusion for Black women in the feminist movement of the 1970s. She did so through creating a sense of self-actualization among black women in the United States, and she did that through the influence she created by herself, especially as an African-American female figure in a leadership position.

But Chisholm did face a lot of challenges along the way, her “black womanness” was seen as a threat to both white and black men, she herself mentions that in the film. But while Chisholm was not exactly affected by the racist and sexist ideologies thrown at her, she was often discredited by white politicians for being black and discredited by black men for being a woman, which may have limited her political success. But it is clear that her intelligence, resilience, and persistence allowed her to become an influential African-American female figure despite all odds.

It is important to remember that Chisholm wanted representation for women and to show that black people can run for the candidacy, but to believe that that was her sole purpose discredits the impact she left as an African-American woman. While other women did try to run for the presidential elections of the United States, and some did challenge the stigma associated with it, Chisholm wanted to do more than that. She spoke about important issues, and was “undaunted, waging a passionate and earnest campaign promising to combat poverty and discrimination, protect the environment and unite a country fractured by urban unrest and the Vietnam War” (Williams 2018). In other words, Chisholm challenged the pre-existing dynamics of the country while fighting for non-gender and non-race related issues such as war and poverty, which was a challenge in itself.

Sources:

Marble, Stephen. (2011). Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for change. (Brief biography)(Essay). Black History Bulletin, 74(2), 6-8.