in your recent book, you have written about the blueprint of diane carole and shirley chisholm mappedho should be the next chair of the democratic national committee, and what kind of leadership should the dnc have for the next two years? >> luck, i feel like based on the announced candidates for the dnc chair position there is a shift within the democratic party away from women leadership, away from diverse leadership, as the announced candidates are only white men thus far. i say thus far, because there is still an opportunity for additional candidates to jump into that dnc leadership role. but i appreciate you emphasizing shirley chisholm in this case, because she had a very clear prescription about how the party should move forward, even after her own lost back in 1972, that still applies to today. this is going to take inculcation, reorientation, and education. so democrats have to focus on learning lessons from this election cycle without losing sight of their values, and then the entire process of reorientation, educating the voters in the public every step of the way. that was

it is shirley chisholm who ran for president. said, she's tired of seeing black women on the periphery of politics. get involved. i wrote in "black women will save the world, an anthem," black women have been holding up the democracy for a long time. black women have been at the forefront of a lot of movements of change. i just can't help but think about the black panther party. people saw the optics of men in the front, but there were 70% women who supported that party. think about this, jonathan. even though some of the facts of history may have been obscured, the black panther party supported by 70% women, they talked about sickle cell. they talked about food programs for the kids, feeding kids, and now the federal government is doing that. they've talked about so many different things. free clinics. again, organizations supported by women. but look at this today, from shirley chisholm to kamala harris, potentially, she could become the president of the united states, number 47. she is at the top of the list. there are 600 bla

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so we have to think about shirley chisholm from 6. some people are shocked and surprised. they thought 2016 was some odd anomaly. 2024 shows us this isn't a donald trump problem, this is an america problem. this country does not understand nor respect its really sordid history. we've only been voting with the full protection of the law since 1965, right? and that's been eroded. the civil rights act of '64 eroded. '65 voting rights act eroded. '65 immigration act eroded. so these are all relatively new concepts so. the fact that folks are like, i can't believe this isn't us, this is us, my mom went to segregated school, so did my dad. >> not a hard 76. ? my mother's a fabulous 76, as is my dad. the thing is these are young people in my family that have a very real history in this country that we sort of pretend that's like the frederick douglass, the sojourner truth history, as if people know who sojourner truth is because we don't believe in books, but the racism, the vitriol we are seeing and that we will see that donald trump has excavated is not so far in the past. all

we have to think about shirley chisholm. the larger thing is historic. some people are shocked and surprised. they think that 2016 was an a no, ma'am i will. 2024 shows, this isn't a donald trump problem. this is an america problem. this country does not understand or almost its really sordid history. we've only been voting with the full protection. law since 1965, right? and that has been eroded. the civil rights act of '64 eroded. '65 immigration act, eroded. so these are all relatively new could not settles. so folks are saying, i can't believe, this isn't us. this is us. my mom went to segregated schools. so did my dad. and they're 76 years old. >> but not a hard 76. >> these are people in my family that have a very real history in this country. we pretend like that's the frederic douglass, the sojourner truth, as if people know what that is. the vitriol we are seeing, and we will see that donald trump has excavated is not so far in the past. all these people are still alive who sort of helped promote segregation. they're still in positions of power.

that presidential election with the same election where richard nixon was elected president and shirley chisholmcongress. i think their legacies for both were on the ballot in this 2024 election and many things can happen. yes, vice president harris was unsuccessful in her bid for the presidency, however, angela alsobrooks is now senator elect, now the junior senator from maryland. lisa rochester now the jr. senator from delaware, two black women in the united states senate. thanks to the naacp, should mari figures who will be joining our show sometime this weekend is now a congressman going to the united states house of representatives. two new black members of congress and united states from louisiana are going to the house of representatives, thanks to the work of people organizing and demanding their voices be heard and i just think a lot of things are happening. so, there you go. >> she dug deep. she dug deep on that one, michael. >> she did. this one came from under the table. right on top. i appreciate all that, but it is still belies some fundamentals. the fundamentals of this campaign w

. >> reporter: shirley chisholm. >> my successful candidacy will be an inspiration and a stimulatione been elected in other countries. the question now is, is america finally ready for its first may dam president? >> fascinating. interesting when you look at the rest of the world. >> absolutely. >>> there's much more news ahd. ea >> don't go anywhere. you're watching "nbc news daily". but i'm protected (pause) with arexvy. arexvy is a vaccine used to prevent lower respiratory disease from rsv in people 60 years and older. rsv can be serious for those over 60, including those with asthma, diabetes, copd and certain other conditions. but i'm protected. arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective in preventing lower respiratory disease from rsv and over 94% effective in those with these health conditions. arexvy does not protect everyone and is not for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients. those with weakened immune systems may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects are injection site pain, fatigue, muscle pain, headache, and joint pain. arex

we have to think about shirley chisholm from 68. the larger issue in this country is completely a historic. some people were shocked and surprised, they thought the 2016 was some sort of anomaly. 2024 shows us this is not a donald trump problem. this is an america problem. this country does not understand nor respect it's really sordid history. we've only been voting with the full protection of the law since 1965. right? and that has been eroded. the civil rights act of 64, eroded. 65 voting rights act, eroded. 65 immigration act, eroded. these are all the relatively new concepts. so the fact of folks are going i can't believe it, this is in us. this is us. my mom went to segregated schools. so did my dad. and they are still spunky 76- year-old. >> there are not a hard 76. >> my mother is a fabulous 76. the thing is, these are young people, in my family, that have a very real history in this country, that we sort of pretend that that is like the frederick douglass, the sojourner truth history, as if people know who sojourner truth i

heights and going to the cornerstone baptist church, my congressperson was the late, great, shirley chisholm. and so politics in different ways, public service was around us. but a lot of it really was just challenging times in a challenging community and people banding together. and my dad who was actively involved in the black -- the block association at that time, and sort of seeing public engagement through the lens of my mom and my dad. liz: you will correct me if this is not correct but in your first race, you came as i understand it very close to defeating an incumbent and the powers that be weren't so happy that you challenged this incumbent. so talk about what, what they did and how you responded to uh -- to their redistricting. hakeem: i ran for a seat in the new york state assembly that was the first office that i ever ran for. i ran against a 20 year incumbent at the time who was backed by the brooklyn democratic machine. the albany political establishment. i was just a young lawyer at the time. i was practicing at a law firm, paul weiss rifkin wharton and garrison receiving what

geoff: as we look at the arc of history, shirley chisholm on this day in 1968 became the first blackcongress. you watched her run, you were involved in hillary clinton's campaign, you are now a national cochair of the hers campaign. . how are you feeling this evening? marcia: i am a wreck, actually. [laughter] you know what i mean? i have watched them all. what i do believe is kamala has an opportunity because shirley chisholm ran and because hillary clinton ran. they just kept breaking that glass. i think now it is time for her to shatter it all. yes, i am a little anxious. geoff: that is secretary marcia fudge. always good to see you. thank you for being back with us. be well. we have another race call. vice president kamala harris has won the state of delaware. president biden's home state. no surprise there. let's bring it back to the panel. any walter, i see you pouring -- amy: i'm through it -- i'm poring through numbers. i wanted to this point. faiz was talking about how the outreach donald trump has done with talking to joe rogan, and youtubers, and all of those, as a way to

shirley chisholm.and on balance, the first black congress woman but not the first to be misunderstood by machines well versed in data driven mistakes. michelle obama and unafraid to wear her crown history. her account seems a mystery to systems unsure of hair, a wig up, a font, a toupee. maybe not. are there no words for? our braids in our locks, the sunny skin and relaxed hair make oprah the first lady, even for face well known. some algorithms fault her, echoing sentiments that strong women are men. we laugh celebrating the successes of our sisters with serena smiles no is worthy of our beauty. and that was that was literally part of the algorithmic audit that i was showing them that i almost was blocked from even delivering and. the head of the world economic forum was in that room. one of the co-founders of deepmind was that room representative, the president of microsoft and so forth in that space, having that conversation, bringing us in literally right through poetry to ground conversations. ai

but look at this today, from shirley chisholm to kamala harris, potentially, she could become the president of the united states, number 47. she is at the top of the list. there are 600 black women on ballots all across the nation. she's there. you have lisa blunt rochester, expected to win her election in delaware for the u.s. senate seat. then you also have angela in maryland, fighting to make sure she wins. you have other black women all across the nation. >> right. >> this is a big day for black women. >> it certainly is. senior white house correspondent for "the grio," april ryan. thank you for joining us. it is an historic election, and we'll have complete coverage for you all day long on msnbc. thank you so much for starting your election day with us here at "way too early." >>> "morning joe" starts right now. ♪♪ ♪ oh beautiful for hero's crew ♪ ♪ in liberating stripes ♪ >>> it was invisible, as always. they'd begun to vote in the villages of new hampshire at midnight. as they always do, 7 1/2 hours before the candidates rose. his men in new hampshire days before, sending his autogra

. >> shirley chisholm pioneered as a black woman running for president in 1972. >> i only hope that mycy will be an inspiration and a stimulation to many other black women up and down the breadth of this land. >> 175 women in 88 other countries have been elected head of state, including margaret thatcher, angela merkel, and the question now is america finally ready for its first madam president? and that's the big question, ladies. and david. i mean, this gender gap is certainly real, but how are women going to vote? and whether or not men will vote for her. >> i think it's different now because there have been so many more women elected in the last few years, into executive positions. got more governors that are women now than ever before. hillary clinton did a lot, i think, to lay the groundwork for a kamala harris presidency. and it is notable how little that she has spoken about her gender. and you don't hear it so much from voters either, unless you're asking them directly about it. you might hear, in subtle ways, but unless you're asking about her gender, voters are talking about