NO. 0651ERA I · CITIZENS · BROOKLYN (BED-STUY)

Shirley Chisholm

She was the first Black woman in Congress and then ran for the top. Bed-Stuy, the campaign, the woman who called herself unbought and unbossed

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Shirley Chisholm
Number0651
EraERA I · The Originals
FamilyCitizens
BoroughBrooklyn (Bed-Stuy)
CategoryPolitician
LocationBedford-Stuyvesant
States1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.

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