![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Supreme Court in McCutcheon struck down limits on the total sum that donors may contribute to candidates and parties. These reforms were substantially dismantled recently when, in a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Shirley Chisholm viewed her campaign as an effort that would give voice to “ all Americans.” In particular, Chisholm opposed incumbent President Richard Nixon as the embodiment of a “minority government” only interested in “representing the wealthy and vested interest.” The investigation of the Watergate scandal that began with the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the administration’s cover-up prompted congressional legislation intended to curb abuses in campaign finance. Lolly Eggers Papers, Iowa Women’s Archives Chisholm’s candidacy was remarkable not only because she presented Americans with the prospect of a Black woman in the Oval Office, but also because she promised to wrest electoral politics out of the hands of the rich and powerful.Ĭhisholm campaign flyer. Shirley Chisholm, the “unbought and unbossed” African American congresswoman and 1972 Presidential candidate from the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn is the subject of a 2014 limited edition stamp. The following blog post was written by Anna Bostwick Flaming. Sunday, November 30 is the 90th anniversary of the birth of Shirley Chisholm. ![]()
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