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The Courage of Shirley Chisholm

I am a very strong person, even though physically I appear frail and I have a great deal of belief and confidence in myself. You could understand why the establishment would never want to see a person like me in the White House. The first thing when we get into that White House, if we have a commitment to the multifacetedness of America, the first thing would be it would no longer be theWhite House. It would be the polka dot house. For the first time, the House will have a black woman member. Shirley Chisholm. Everybody who's ever met her said she was the biggest person that you ever did see, even though she was probably the smallest

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