Primary Sources: People - African-Americans: Chisholm, Shirley

"This is a compilation of film clips involving presidential candidates. The Republicans shown in the film are Richard Nixon, Paul McClowsky and John Ashbrook. The Democrats shown are: Shirley Chisholm; Bruce Harkey; Hubert Humphrey; Henry Jackson; Edward Kennedy; John Lindsay; Eugene McCarthy; George McGovern; Wilbur Mills; Edmund Muskie; George Wallace; and Sam Yorty. Some of the clips are silent. Shirley Chisholm talks about being an African-American female presidential candidate. She declares herself as the only "unbought and unbossed" candidate in the race." Florida Memory

The Honorable Shirley A. Chisholm
U.S. Congresswoman (D-NY) 1969-83,
Candidate for President in Democratic primaries, 1972

Interviewed by:

Ruth B. Mandel (Board of Governors Professor of Politics and Director, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University)