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Man on TV:
Next, ABC's Bill Zimmerman covered the story
in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Chisholm,
how are you feeling today? Oh. I feel wonderful. It's one of the most marvelous
things to happen in our country at this moment. Uh, for the first time
in the history of our nation, a person of color,
a woman at that, is running for
the highest office in the land, and it's a wonderful thing
to know that in spite of the many
obstacles on my path, a large, large cross‐section
of America is behind me saying, why not? Why not dare to dream like so many others have
dreamt before me? So I'm very excited,
and I feel fine. And do you really expect to go
all the way, Mrs. Chisholm? Yes, I expect to go all the way. A new hat, or rather a bonnet,
was tossed into the Democratic
presidential race today‐‐ that of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman
to serve in Congress
Next, ABC's Bill Zimmerman covered the story
in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Chisholm,
how are you feeling today? Oh. I feel wonderful. It's one of the most marvelous
things to happen in our country at this moment. Uh, for the first time
in the history of our nation, a person of color,
a woman at that, is running for
the highest office in the land, and it's a wonderful thing
to know that in spite of the many
obstacles on my path, a large, large cross‐section
of America is behind me saying, why not? Why not dare to dream like so many others have
dreamt before me? So I'm very excited,
and I feel fine. And do you really expect to go
all the way, Mrs. Chisholm? Yes, I expect to go all the way. A new hat, or rather a bonnet,
was tossed into the Democratic
presidential race today‐‐ that of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman
to serve in Congress
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Man on TV:
Next, ABC's Bill Zimmerman
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covered the story
in Brooklyn, New York.
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Mrs. Chisholm,
how are you feeling today?
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Oh. I feel wonderful.
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It's one of the most marvelous
things to happen in our country
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at this moment.
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Uh, for the first time
in the history of our nation,
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a person of color,
a woman at that,
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is running for
the highest office in the land,
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and it's a wonderful thing
to know
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that in spite of the many
obstacles on my path,
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a large, large cross‐section
of America is behind me saying,
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why not? Why not dare to dream
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like so many others have
dreamt before me?
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So I'm very excited,
and I feel fine.
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And do you really expect to go
all the way, Mrs. Chisholm?
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Yes, I expect to go all the way.
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A new hat, or rather a bonnet,
was tossed
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into the Democratic
presidential race today‐‐
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that of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm,
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the first black woman
to serve in Congress.
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Movie Summary
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.
