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Being the first Black woman to serve on Congress would be a significant enough accomplishment for a lifetime, but it wasn’t good enough for Shirley Chisholm. Three years after she arrived in Washington, D.C., Chisholm became the first woman to run for president for the Democratic party. When announcing her intention to seek the nomination on January 25, 1972, Chisholm stated, “I’m a revolutionary at heart now and I’ve got to run, even though it might be the downfall of my career.”
Though her campaign was controversial at times, it wasn’t the downfall of her long and noteworthy career. And she s still making headlines. In late 2018, Oscar-winner Viola Davis announced she would be producing and starring in