sep 9, 1963 - Very Involved
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League of Women Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Urban League
Democratic Party club in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
“Shirley Chisholm’s election to the Congress in 1968 was a prime example of the strength of the black vote as a result of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,” said NAACP 2005 Acting President and CEO Dennis Courtland Hayes. “She leaves a strong legacy as an advocate for minority rights and women’s liberation.”
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Shirley Chisholm
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