Shirley Chisholm

Memo to Obama: Let the Floor Vote Roll

Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Shirley Chisholm, 2008 Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Roll-Call Vote, Feminism, Barack Obama, Clinton Supporters, Clinton Roll-Call Vote, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan

By allowing the roll call to take place, Obama would honor not just what Hillary Clinton achieved with her 18 million votes, but the promise of even greater accomplishments by Democratic women in the future.

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Don't Fire Geraldine Ferraro, Pin a Merit Badge on Her for Having the Guts to Tell the Truth

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shirley Chisholm, Barack Obama, Male Bias, Geraldine Ferraro, Sexism, Racism, Congressionaal Black Caucus, Democratic Presidential Primaries, White House Race, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Ferraro got it right on both counts when she said that race has made a difference with Barack Obama and that America has a huge problem with a woman running for president.

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Shirley Chisholm: A True Revolutionary

Donn Swaby | Posted 02.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Pary Progressive Politics, 72 Election, Shirley Chisholm, Dennis Kucinich, 1972 Election, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Progressive Politics, Home News
Donn Swaby

After getting elected to New York's 12th district in Brooklyn and then serving for seven terms, from 1968 to 1983, Shirley Chisholm decided in 1972 to run for the highest office in the country, much to the dismay of those inside and outside of the Democratic Party.

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A Real First: Chisholm's Democracy

Marie Wilson | Posted 01.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Hillary, Shirley Chisholm, Obama, Presidential Primary, Race, Gender, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Only when our choices, and our leaders, are an accurate representation of the face of our nation will race and gender fade to the background of any election.

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Jackson and Obama: Political Blackness Redefined

Tammy Johnson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shirley Chisholm, Welfare Reform, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama Race, Haitian Immigrants, Incarceration Rates for Blacks, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Three-Strikes Laws, Politics News
Tammy Johnson

Obama may be successful in moving ahead politically by creating an image of being civil-rights-lite, but will communities of color reap the benefits as well? That's yet to be seen.

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