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50 YEARS AGO TODAY, SHIRLEY CHISHOLM WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGRESSWOMAN

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50 YEARS AGO TODAY, SHIRLEY CHISHOLM WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CONGRESSWOMAN

On this day in 1969, Shirley Chisholm was sworn as the nation's first African American Congresswoman. Two years later, she became one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus. 

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