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“I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud.”

Source: Announcement of candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, Brooklyn, 25 January 1972

Context Launching her bid as the first Black woman to seek a major party's presidential nomination, she presented herself as a candidate for all Americans.

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Shirley ChisholmUnited States · 1924–2005
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