Shirley Chisholm NYC statue to help ‘correct glaring inequity in public spaces’
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By: Dawn Onley, thegrio.com
Fifty yea
rs after Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress, New York City has announced it will erect a statue in honor of the congresswoman by 2020.
Born on Nov. 30, 1924, Chisholm died in 2005 at 80 years old. In 1972, the congresswoman from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn became the first Black woman to seek a presidential nomination and the first woman to run for the top post as a Democrat—even without the official backing of the party.
Chisholm leaves behind a rich legacy. She promoted racial and gender equality efforts through the NAACP and the League of Women Voters, among other organizations. As a congresswoman, Chisholm advocated for an end to the Vietnam War, she fought for working class people, and was the first black woman to join the House Rules Committee.
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