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Don Hogan Charles / Contributor / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 6, 2023
Fifty-five years ago, on Nov. 5, 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress.
With the upcoming Election Day on Tuesday, ESSENCE is taking a look back at her historic campaign and political career.
The native New Yorker’s entry to politics started in 1953 campaigning for Lewis Flagg Jr., who was
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