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12/04/23. New York Historical Society
"You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." —Shirley Chisholm #OnThisDay in 1924, "Fighting Shirley" Chisholm—the first Black woman in Congress—was born in Brooklyn. 📷 Shirley Chisholm, 1972. Library of Congress