Chisholm Project

@chisholmproject

The Shirley Chisholm Project: Brooklyn Women's Activism from 1945-Present.

Brooklyn, CUNY
Joined August 2009

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Nov 2018

    Two incredible scholars---the legendary and Chisholm Project Director united yesterday to commemorate 's legacy & the ongoing power of 's social & political activism.

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  2. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    And now is chair of House Fiancial Services Committee and a historic number of women in Congress including first 2 Muslim and Native American women.

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  3. 17 hours ago
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  4. Jan 3

    There are history-makers in the incoming class of CBC members: Ayanna Pressley, the first black congresswoman of Massachusetts, and Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women in Congress. via

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  5. Jan 3
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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    In this interview w/ Chisholm Project Director sheds light on political challenges & moral decisions faced when she first arrived in Congress in Jan 1969!

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  7. Jan 3

    TODAY IN HISTORY: On January 3rd 1969, 50 years ago was sworn in as the 1st Black woman elected to US Congress. Today, many of the members of the incoming see her work as foundational to they work we still have to do.

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  8. Jan 3

    Dr. Zinga Fraser Speaks With Buzzfeed News About Chisholm's First Days in Congress

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    Jan 3

    While those outside Congress put a spotlight on Shirley Chisholm, the first black Congresswoman, many of her colleagues threw shade, says

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  10. Jan 3

    The full interview w/ on 's first days in Congress begins at 51:42!!

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  11. Jan 3

    In this interview w/ Chisholm Project Director sheds light on political challenges & moral decisions faced when she first arrived in Congress in Jan 1969!

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  12. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    It's always a joy coming to Am2DM to discuss Chisholm so well informed and fun

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  13. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    This is what #2019 looks like . . .

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  14. Jan 2
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  15. Jan 2

    Rep. sits on a prop in the play "Ain't Supposed to Die A Natural Death," as she addresses a theater audience in NYC on 1/2/72 about her pres. campaign, beside Ossie Davis. Photo via &

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  16. Retweeted
    30 Dec 2018

    Today marks a year that we lost Erica Garner-Snipes. We thank you, Erica, for your unrelentless activism & fight for justice. “I believe in justice. It will take a long time but it's gonna come.” — Erica Garner-Snipes

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  17. 20 Dec 2018

    12/20/1968: Congresswoman-Elect visits the BedStuy Neighborhood Manpower Service Center as part of her campaign to address poverty & unemployment in the Black community. Pic w/ BNMSC managing director, Mrs. Lucille Rose via

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  18. 20 Dec 2018
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  19. Retweeted
    19 Dec 2018

    Excited to have Michelle Obama in Brooklyn the home of Chisholm and amazed to see her tonight.

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  20. Retweeted
    19 Dec 2018

    Rep. feat. in "4 Decades of Black Progress"(11/1985) w/ Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune & Dr. Kenneth Clark. "Progress" is too often a smokescreen to hide the continuity of injustice, but no doubt: we all are indebted to these souls

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  21. Retweeted
    19 Dec 2018

    Ms. , born this month in 1903, reflected on the Civil Rights Era in a 1985 edition of "A Celebration of Black Women"--"You had to break through things to get what you wanted. You didn't just sit up there & think about it; it had to happen." A reminder for us?

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