Shirley Chisholm speaking at Bethel AME Church in Mobile, Alabama, during her presidential campaign.
Gary Cooper is seated behind her on the right. Chisholm, a Democrat from New York, was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (1969 to 1983), and she was both the first woman and the first African American to seek the nomination as the presidential candidate o...
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| Summary: | Gary Cooper is seated behind her on the right. Chisholm, a Democrat from New York, was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives (1969 to 1983), and she was both the first woman and the first African American to seek the nomination as the presidential candidate of a major political party. Cooper, brother of Prichard mayor A. J. Cooper, was a decorated Marine combat veteran, a member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1973 to 1979), and the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica (1994 to 1997). |
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