Trailblazing political icon Shirley Chisholm's story is told in a film that explores her historic presidential campaign and the personal cost of her accomplishments as the first Black Congresswoman and first Black woman to run for President.
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Shirley Chisholm makes history by becoming the first African American woman to run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, capitalizing on her groundbreaking achievement as the first African American woman elected to Congress.