Exploring Shirley Chisholm's Historic Bid for the Presidency

For this Black History Month, Zinga Fraser, assistant professor of Africana Studies and Women's and Gender Studies and director of the Shirley Chisholm Project at Brooklyn College, joins us as we explore the life and legacy of Brooklyn's Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and the first woman and African American to campaign for a major party's nomination for president.