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Shirley

Yes, I am just a schoolteacherfrom Brooklyn

Yes, I am just a schoolteacher
from Brooklyn

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Yes, I am just a schoolteacher from Brooklyn.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:27
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Participant,Royal Ties Productions

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Movie Summary

Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
The Black Panther Party puts forth the call - Shirley 00:09
The Black Panther Party puts forth the call
Shirley... has stood up in the face to racism, - Shirley 00:13
Shirley... has stood up in the face to racism,
A place like California, where it's a winner-take-all operation, - Shirley 00:18
A place like California, where it's a winner-take-all o...
The winner-take-all votes, crucial to the presidential nominating race. - Shirley 00:27
The winner-take-all votes, crucial to the presidential nomin...
Shirley, this is Oly Clark with the Muskie campaign, - Shirley 00:07
Shirley, this is Oly Clark with the Muskie campaign,
I'm feeling pretty well. Would have been better - Shirley 00:08
I'm feeling pretty well. Would have been better
Shirley, I think we're all disappointed with the results in California. - Shirley 00:06
Shirley, I think we're all disappointed with the result...
Winner take all. Those were the rules before the primary. - Shirley 00:05
Winner take all. Those were the rules before the primary.
We think we can make the case to the Credentials Committee - Shirley 00:11
We think we can make the case to the Credentials Committee
When you work on a skunk farm, you can't complain when the shit stinks. - Shirley 00:05
When you work on a skunk farm, you can't complain when ...
Do you want McGovern's campaign to control the entire convention? - Shirley 00:05
Do you want McGovern's campaign to control the entire c...
Senator Humphrey has asked me to relay - Shirley 00:07
Senator Humphrey has asked me to relay
I understand you have arrangements with Walter Fauntroy and Ron Dellums. - Shirley 00:06
I understand you have arrangements with Walter Fauntroy and ...
Altogether, you would go into the convention controlling over 150 delegates. - Shirley 00:07
Altogether, you would go into the convention controlling ove...
McGovern only has 762 pledged delegates, and he needs 1,500 to get the nomination. - Shirley 00:07
McGovern only has 762 pledged delegates, and he needs 1,500 ...
I would expect he would do whatever it takes to get those delegates. - Shirley 00:05
I would expect he would do whatever it takes to get those de...
We work together, we can keep him from getting it on the first ballot. - Shirley 00:06
We work together, we can keep him from getting it on the fir...
If you do this, Shirley, - Shirley 00:10
If you do this, Shirley,
{\an8}Reporting from CBS News Convention Headquarters in Miami Beach, - Shirley 00:14
{\an8}Reporting from CBS News Convention Headquarters in Mia...
They claim that it, in effect, denied all those millions - Shirley 00:10
They claim that it, in effect, denied all those millions