, fashions for shirley chisholm, all kinds of interesting events for shirley chisholm and people wouldup and then we'd register them to vote and we'd raise money. - a black for vice president, a woman for head of hew, an indian for the head of department of interior, and all your heads of departments, your heads of agencies, your ambassadorships, your councilships, all of these different positions would be reflective of the different kinds of peoples that are found in america. - she was a very strong feminist. she wanted to promote women. she wanted to mentor women. and she hired black and white women. it was a diverse office staff. - so the white feminists, initially, they found her candidacy exciting and they said that they would support. - and this campaign, the shirley chisholm campaign, is the note of the new politics. the rest of it is just making tired old noises, tired old noises. i can't get excited about any of it. i am excited about shirley chisholm's candidacy. - personally i have considered senator mcgovern the best white male candidate. and i have worked for him in states

right-wing shirley chisholm first took office -- right when shirley chisholm first took office. she is on the cover and it is a new face in congress. first black woman on capitol hill. she, like many other members of congress, really become important national figures in the african american press. for example, right around the time the congressional black caucus is created, "ebony" magazine is able to put a lot of folks on the cover. it really becomes an important caucus, important issue-based group. but each of these people become important in different ways to different communities. she is seen on the cover of "jet" twice. does not become congresswoman in 1967. but later on, she does get elected to congress and shows up on the covers of a lot of magazines as the face of not just black women in congress and put our women in congress and younger women in congress. she is the first member of congress to have a baby while she is serving. she shows up on an "ebony" magazine cover holding her baby. the first time there had been sent a cover of a lawmaker holding a brand-new baby. sh

they don't say anything about shirley chisholm running for congress. they're all about her running for president. she is our girl. for president. represent all americans. faceoman symbol around her places her in with a feminist agenda. that was something that was important to her. she was very much putting together a very interesting group of people. herou look at some clips of at the democratic convention, it is interesting to see her season pall talking about her delegates. they are very skilled politicians who also become show horse approaches to things. we don't see behind-the-scenes and in front of the scenes. you see a lot of action going on. today as abefore you candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency of the united states of america. [applause] >> the congressional black caucus is founded in the early 70's. one thing they do that is striking as something that brings them to more prominence is that they really become, they placed themselves in a national context. one example of that is the fantastic record album. it is the firs

if i think of one of my favorite quotes by shirley chisholm, mr. speaker, she said, you don't make progress by standing on the sidelines. you make progress by implementing ideas. so that's what the congressional black caucus does. we don't just come here on the floor and talk about our rich history. we meet and we strategize and we go back home to our districts and we come back and we write legislation, so there's definitely a need. i think it will be witnessed all across this country this week when the thousands of thousands of individuals come here because they'll have an opportunity to see congressman charlie rangel or congresswoman maxine waters or congresswoman robin kelly. because of the issues and what they stand for. that's why there's a need. when i think of our commitment and conviction, mr. speaker, i remember when congresswoman robin kelly said, i won't stand up for a moment of silence again until we do something about the shootings and the deaths. she had the courage to walk up to the well and say, i'm not being disrespectful but i wan

shirley chisholm does not get enough recognition.ledging shirley chisholm's influence to a black audience and then saying very importantly i don't take your vote for granted to the congressional black caucus foundation, she was basically i think, secretary clinton was acknowledging she still has some work to do, but she's listening and she knows black history. >> it is interesting, julian, how she snuck in the political because she said -- she talked about -- she talked about her history with the children's defense fund, how when she first started working for african-americans under marian wright edelman. and then she said this is not about golf courses or promoting your hotels or promoting your golf courses, it's not about birth certificates. we're here to fight for the forgotten. we need ideas, not insults. we need she said -- she said we don't need prejudice and we don't need paranoia. she said she wasn't taking anyone's vote for granted. but she did get her barbs in when it comes to donald trump. and this was -- although it was a

chisholm decides not to go. >> listen, when you have enough political courage to do what shirley chisholm has done, which i never had this much of it, i'm not prepared to give advice as to what she should have done. >> when chisholm chose not to go because, one, she had already announced that she was going to run for president, and she didn't feel like catching flack, and she didn't want to be there when there was a vote of non-support for her. >> i went to the gary, indiana, black political convention, and we tried to get an endorsement from the black political convention delegate and couldn'n even get it there. the guys had it so sewed up. >> they could not stand the faca that a black woman kind of leap-frogged over them and made the decision for herself to run. for many they thought a black man should do this first. >> she sees black men as awful extremely hostile to her candidacy. the bigger part of the joke isn't that she's an african american running, but she's a girl running. we're not going to have some girl president, some black girl president. >> ifill: "the contenders" premiere

we don't talk much about shirley chisholm he's 1972 run. what was its significance?think she's touching right then on what's the major problem right now in our political system, the fact that it costs so much for election, the fact that the politicians are spending so much time dialing for dollars, that maybe the best people aren't entering public life because they don't want to do that. everybody knows the system is flawed. everybody knows money is too present and nothing is being done and there she was some years ago pointing it right now. >> have women in your view, in terms of the political advancement of women, as a historian do you look at where women are in terms of, you know, not half. senate, still behind in terms of the share of governors and statewide elected officials not to mention on the national stage running for president? just sort of put us on the road. where are we in terms of the advancement of women and in terms of power politics in the u.s.? >> well, it may be true that we're not as far along at all as we should be in the political system, but w

sufficientsuffr and here you have a woman, running, succeeding in the spirit of someone like shirley chisholm. he has insulted so many people. donald trump is probably one of the most despicable candidates in history. and lastly, i'll say the new museum of african-american history and culture is about to be open. donald trump's picture, if it goes inside the museum should be right alongside those of slavers, those who have questioned our citizenship, made us prove we could recite the constitution before we voted. donald trump's not about making america great again, he's about making america the worst again. >> let's listen to what hillary clinton said today. >> donald trump looks at president obama after eight years as our president. he still doesn't see him as an american. think of how dangerous that s imagine a president who sees someone who doesn't look like him and doesn't agree with him and thinks, that person must not be a real american. >> david corn, that was a little bit before donald trump spoke today, so it was before hillary clinton could have heard him blame her for his big lie.

i also want to recognize pioneers like barbara jordan and shirley chisholm.ficed and struggled so that i and so many other women running for office could soar. i'm here because of friends and colleagues like donna brazile, reverend leah daughtry and congresswoman marcia fudge, three black women who ran the democratic national convention in july. it was a great four days and it goes to show that black women deserve more than a seat at the table. it's past time you had a fair chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you, who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and beauty salons and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together and as i said yesterday, in north carolina, i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i hav

i also want to recognize pioneers like barbara jordan and shirley chisholm.ficed and struggled so that i and so many other women running for office could soar. i'm here because of friend and colleagues like donna brazile, and congresswoman marcia fudge. and the three democratic women who ran the convention in july. it was a great four days. it's past time you had a chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for the president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and bitey a lobs and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together. as i said yesterday in north carolina. i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i have the great honor of being elected, i will be focused on opportunities for kids and fairness for families. the am

barbara jordan, shirley chisholm. i would not be standing here without them. [applause] mrs. clinton: generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and cleared a path for all of us. this award is also for everyone out there helping to break down the barriers holding americans back. andleaders like all of you, to a rising generation of young activists. to all those on the front lines dedicated to the proposition that in america, every single child deserves the chance to fulfill his or her god-given potential. this has been the cause of my life, ever since i went to work with the children's defense fund all those years ago, and i am going to close my campaign the way i began my career, and the way that i will serve as your president, focused on opportunities for our children and fairness for our families. [applause] mrs. clinton: we have so much work to do together. i have heard many heartbreaking stories over this campaign. one was from a working mother to three children from northeast philadelphia. she testified at the dnc platform meeting in june and told us how

shirley jordan, and sandy chisholm, generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and clearedl of us. this award is also for everyone out there to break down the barriers holding americans back, to leaders, like all of you and to a rising generation of young activists, to all those on the front lines, dedicated to the proposition that in america every single child deserves a chance to fulfill his or her god given potential. this has been the cause of my life. ever since i went to work for the children's defense fund all those years ago. and i'm going do close my campaign in the way that i began my career, and the way i begin as your president, focused on opportunities for your children and fairness for our families. we have so much work to do together. i have heard many heart breaking stories, over this campaign one from was a working mother from northeast philadelphia, she testified at the dnc platform meeting in june, and told us how her husband had been laid off and she worked in a part-time job. she said she had been hungry more times than she could count and life fell lik