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	Podcast:		Witness: Witness Black History
	Episode:		Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:09:00
	Publish Date:		2015-01-29 03:00:00
	Description:		In January 1972 Shirley Chisholm became the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the US Presidency. She was also the first black woman elected to Congress. Witness has been speaking to Congressman Charles Rangel who worked with Shirley Chisholm. (Photo: Shirley Chisholm at the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Credit: Getty Images)
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