Work it Out
1. This year's Democratic primary race is seen as one of "firsts" for women and African-Americans. But Shirley Chisholm—a black woman—was the real pioneer. Use print or online resources to research the career and presidential run of Chisholm. In what year did she run? What was her platform? How many delegates did she receive? What other "firsts" did Chisholm achieve even before running for president? Compare her life story and career achievements with those of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In each case, how is her story similar? How is it different?
2. Based on the information you've gathered, write a "What Women Want" essay from the point of view of Shirley Chisholm. If she was alive today, how would she view the current race? What would she think of the candidates? How would she evaluate her own contributions to this campaign of "firsts?" What would she consider most important for voters to keep in mind as the campaign continues? Share your essays.
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Posted By: The Advocate @ 03/16/2008 4:30:33 PM
Comment: TODAY....
Today Barack Obama has been accepted/adopted and popularized by white American media and society far ahead of getting any concrete facts and information of is presidential run.
American society has turned him into a pop-star (idiot) instead of a serious political candidate like Shirley Chisholm.
Hillary Clinton is a woman candidate who of course brings the potential of a woman candidate to the presidency of the USA, who naturally brings issues of black America to the presidency because of the shared Black America and women???s movements together because of the Shirley Chisholm presidential Campaign era of the early-mid. 70's, where she carried the needs of everyone in the country.
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"Candidate of the People of America"
In announcing her presidential campaign on January 27, 1972, at the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY, Chisholm said:
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States of America.
I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud.
I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I am equally proud of that.
I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests.
I stand here now without endorsements from many big name politicians or celebrities or any other kind of prop. I do not intend to offer to you the tired and glib cliches, which for too long have been an accepted part of our political life. I am the candidate of the people of America. And my presence before you now symbolizes a new era in American political history. (www.about.com)
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Posted By: The Advocate @ 03/16/2008 4:24:31 PM
Comment: In the 70's Shirley Chisholm founded the new America... which the media is trying to deny or destroy...
The similarities of Vietnam and Iraq and the Nixon era politics and Bush era politics and the politics of Black America cannot be denied??? and therefore the founder of the Change Campaign of Shirley Chisholm (and democratic nominee George McGovern) cannot be neglected.
A Country that cannot build upon its past cannot construct a future.
In the memory and honor of Shirley Chisholm???s Groundbreaking and Landmark Campaign for Change, and as the 1972 Chisholm trail - Presidential Campaign ??? trail-blazed the path through-out this country for others such as Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama. I hope to set the record straight by establishing that the foundation, founder and catalyst for change is and was the 1st black/woman presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and now hope that Barack Obama carries on the baton that has been passed to him for change in this country as well.
Shirley Chisholm revolutionized America and became a revolutionary woman known around the world as one of the top 10 most important women in the world which dismissed all negative notions of the potential of black America, as she constructed the foundation for a renewed and revolutionized American society.
TODAY....
Today Barack Obama has been accepted/adopted and popularized by white American media and society far ahead of getting any concrete facts and information of is presidential run.
American society has turned him into a pop-star (idiot) instead of a serious political candidate like Shirley Chisholm.
Hillary Clinton is a woman candidate who of course brings the potential of a woman candidate to the presidency of the USA, who naturally brings issues of black America to the presidency because of the shared Black America and women???s movements together because of the Shirley Chisholm presidential Campaign era of the early-mid. 70's, where she carried the needs of everyone in the country.
http://www.factxchange.com/id36.html
http://www.factxchange.com/id38.html
http://factxchange.wordpress.com/
Joseph Edgecombe, www.factxchange.com
Posted By: The Advocate @ 03/16/2008 4:06:45 PM
Comment: In the 70's Shirley Chisholm founded the new America... which the media is trying to deny or destroy...
The similarities of Vietnam and Iraq and the Nixon era politics and Bush era politics and the politics of Black America cannot be denied??? and therefore the founder of the Change Campaign of Shirley Chisholm (and democratic nominee George McGovern) cannot be neglected.
A Country that cannot build upon its past cannot construct a future.
In the memory and honor of Shirley Chisholm???s Groundbreaking and Landmark Campaign for Change, and as the 1972 Chisholm trail - Presidential Campaign ??? trail-blazed the path through-out this country for others such as Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama. I hope to set the record straight by establishing that the foundation, founder and catalyst for change is and was the 1st black/woman presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, and now hope that Barack Obama carries on the baton that has been passed to him for change in this country as well.
Shirley Chisholm revolutionized America and became a revolutionary woman known around the world as one of the top 10 most important women in the world which dismissed all negative notions of the potential of black America, as she constructed the foundation for a renewed and revolutionized American society.
TODAY....
Today Barack Obama has been accepted/adopted and popularized by white American media and society far ahead of getting any concrete facts and information of is presidential run.
American society has turned him into a pop-star (idiot) instead of a serious political candidate like Shirley Chisholm.
Hillary Clinton is a woman candidate who of course brings the potential of a woman candidate to the presidency of the USA, who naturally brings issues of black America to the presidency because of the shared Black America and women???s movements together because of the Shirley Chisholm presidential Campaign era of the early-mid. 70's, where she carried the needs of everyone in the country.
http://www.factxchange.com/id36.html
http://www.factxchange.com/id38.html
http://factxchange.wordpress.com/