🔺 A soror of Delta Sigma Theta, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968, representing New York’s 12th congressional district, which encompassed the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Just four years later, in 1972, she shattered another barrier, launching a historic bid as the first Black candidate for a major-party nomination for the President of the United States and the first woman to seek the Democratic Party’s nomination. 👉🏾 Click on the link in our bio(watchtheyard) to read the full article we wrote about her and watch more of her speeches. #shirleychisolm #DeltaSigmaTheta