History was made in 1968 when Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She served New York’s 12th ...

During her speech on election night, she noted that it had been almost exactly 50 years to the day since Shirley ... like Chisholm, she would be “unbought and unbossed.” In her time serving ...

She defeated two Black opponents to win the Democratic nomination and showed that her slogan, “Fighting Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed,” was true. Jill Ebstein is the editor of the ...