There Is A Good Deal Of Evidence

Political Organizations Are Formed To Keep The Powerful In Power.

I’d Like Them To Say That Shirley Chisholm Had Guts. That’s How I’d Like To Be Remembered.

I Was The First American Citizen To Be Elected To Congress In Spite Of The Double Drawbacks Of Being Female And Having Skin Darkened By Melanin. When You Put It That Way, It Sounds Like A Foolish Reason For Fame. In A Just And Free Society It Would Be Foolish. That I Am A National Figure Because I Was The First Person In 192 Years To Be At Once A Congressman, Black And A Woman Proves, I Think, That Our Society Is Not Yet Either Just Or Free.

Laws Will Not Eliminate Prejudice From The Hearts Of Human Beings. But That Is No Reason To Allow Prejudice To Continue To Be Enshrined In Our Laws - To Perpetuate Injustice Through Inaction.

Tremendous Amounts Of Talent Are Lost To Our Society Just Because That Talent Wears A Skirt.