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Shirley

There's just, for us, no path to the presidency

There's just, for us, no path to the presidency

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There's just, for us,
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no path to the presidency.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:20
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Participant,Royal Ties Productions

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Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Less than 3% of the vote in Maryland and Michigan. - Shirley 00:05
Less than 3% of the vote in Maryland and Michigan.
And if we can control some of the delegates, - Shirley 00:07
And if we can control some of the delegates,
Get delegates from where? All that's left on the map... - Shirley 00:05
Get delegates from where? All that's left on the map...
Shirley, you said yourself it'd be a waste of time. - Shirley 00:05
Shirley, you said yourself it'd be a waste of time.
Look, even if we enter the primary, how do we get traction? - Shirley 00:06
Look, even if we enter the primary, how do we get traction?
But at this point, - Shirley 00:09
But at this point,
Well, then, no, if that's it... Were they colored? - Shirley 00:05
Well, then, no, if that's it... Were they colored?
Yeah, white. - Shirley 00:09
Yeah, white.
Our liabilities, - Shirley 00:08
Our liabilities,
Our payroll, if we keep it really tight, - Shirley 00:08
Our payroll, if we keep it really tight,
We don't have any cash on hand, - Shirley 00:14
We don't have any cash on hand,
Where are we supposed to get $36,000? - Shirley 00:06
Where are we supposed to get $36,000?
We already put in 20,000 of our own money. - Shirley 00:07
We already put in 20,000 of our own money.
Now you want to put in another 36,000 on top? - Shirley 00:05
Now you want to put in another 36,000 on top?
Wh... Why are you doing this? Why go on? I don't understand what... - Shirley 00:05
Wh... Why are you doing this? Why go on? I don't unders...
People walking out on you, giving up on you. - Shirley 00:05
People walking out on you, giving up on you.
I don't understand why you want to keep going out there alone. - Shirley 00:06
I don't understand why you want to keep going out there...
There are people who put their blood and sweat into what we're doing. - Shirley 00:05
There are people who put their blood and sweat into what we&...
What would you have me tell them? "Fight, but not too much?" - Shirley 00:07
What would you have me tell them? "Fight, but not too m...
So, why even pretend to care - Shirley 00:08
So, why even pretend to care