Shirley Chisholm Quotes

8 quotes from 7 authors

Shirley Chisholm shattered glass ceilings, and these eight snippets let her bold voice echo across time. From a dynamic speaker to the first Black woman to run for President, the words capture her fierce optimism and relentless drive. If you’re intrigued, the Black Political Leaders and Women in Politics pages offer richer collections, while the Civil Rights Movement section adds broader context.

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“Nikhilananda’s birthday. Maybe we’d Morris dance, naked, around the base of an old-growth California redwood, its branches lavishly festooned with the soiled…

Chuck Palahniuk

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Some of my earliest heroes were congresswomen like Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan.

Jeffrey Wright

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Im benefitting from the sacrifices and seeds sown by Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, and so many others. Those of us who are…

Terri Sewell

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From the Honorable Shirley Chisholm, to the Honorable Barbara Jordan, and many more, I am because they were.

Jasmine Crockett

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I’d like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts. That’s how I’d like to be remembered.

Shirley Chisholm

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George Wallace for some strange, unknown reason, he liked me. George Wallace came down to Florida, and he went all over Florida,…

Shirley Chisholm

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Shirley Chisholm is another one [political hero]. She was a dynamic speaker, and the first black woman to run for President.

Donna Brazile

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Fortunately, the leadership of black immigrant communities has always been present in all black liberation movements from leaders like Marcus Garvey to…

Opal Tometi

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