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Shirley

We need 1,500 delegatesto get the nomination for president

We need 1,500 delegates
to get the nomination for president

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We need 1,500 delegates to get the nomination for president.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:15
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.
So, we got six months - Shirley 00:07
So, we got six months
- How are we gonna earn those delegates? - I got national polling... - Shirley 00:06
- How are we gonna earn those delegates? - I got national po...
When asked, "What do you know about Shirley Chisholm?" - Shirley 00:07
When asked, "What do you know about Shirley Chisholm?&q...
46% of the respondents knew that you were Black. - Shirley 00:05
46% of the respondents knew that you were Black.
'Cause Shirley is one of those names you see that goes either way. - Shirley 00:05
'Cause Shirley is one of those names you see that goes ...
Point is, a plurality of the electorate doesn't even know who you are. - Shirley 00:06
Point is, a plurality of the electorate doesn't even kn...
Your lack of recognition is a challenge, - Shirley 00:07
Your lack of recognition is a challenge,
Shirley's a hell of a debater, man. Ran circles around James Farmer. - Shirley 00:06
Shirley's a hell of a debater, man. Ran circles around ...
- Know how many colleges there are? - California's a winner-take-all state. - Shirley 00:06
- Know how many colleges there are? - California's a wi...
If we put our time and energy into California, - Shirley 00:06
If we put our time and energy into California,
It's a big, shiny object that'll leave us distracted and defeated. - Shirley 00:06
It's a big, shiny object that'll leave us distract...
Shirley, right now your entire national campaign - Shirley 00:08
Shirley, right now your entire national campaign
Why are more and more millions of Americans turning to Governor Wallace? - Shirley 00:13
Why are more and more millions of Americans turning to Gover...
{\an8}Well, what did liberalism do for America? - Shirley 00:05
{\an8}Well, what did liberalism do for America?
{\an8}Brought us drug addiction in our streets, brought a breakdown of law and order. - Shirley 00:07
{\an8}Brought us drug addiction in our streets, brought a br...
{\an8}And now this idea they have of busing our children to achieve racial balance. - Shirley 00:06
{\an8}And now this idea they have of busing our children to ...
{\an8}That's their way of taking away your right to raise your child how you see fit. - Shirley 00:06
{\an8}That's their way of taking away your right to rai...
{\an8}Why are more and more millions of Americans turning to Governor Wallace? - Shirley 00:12
{\an8}Why are more and more millions of Americans turning to...
It is a burden carried by the same children we're trying to help. - Shirley 00:06
It is a burden carried by the same children we're tryin...
...that you don't support busing in Massachusetts or New York. - Shirley 00:05
...that you don't support busing in Massachusetts or Ne...