“We Americans have come to feel that it is our mission to make the world free. We believe that we are always the good guys, everywhere-in Vietnam, in Latin America, wherever we go. We believe we are the good guys at home, too. When the Kemer Commission told white Amerca what black America had always known, that prejudice and hatred built the nation's slums, maintain them and profit by them, white America would not believe it. But it is true. Unless we start to fight and defeat the enemies of poverty and racism in our own country and make our talk of equality and opportunity ring true, we are exposed as hypocrites in the eyes of the world when we talk about making other people free. (From Voices of Multicultural America)”
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Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm was an American politician who became the first African American woman to serve in Congress and the first woman to run for a major party's nomination for President of the United States. Born on November 30, 1924, she represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1969 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party, Chisholm was known for her advocacy for civil rights, women's rights, and social welfare. Her presidential campaign in 1972 marked a significant milestone in American politics. more
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