Shirley Chisholm:“The Black Womanin Contemporary America

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Shirley Chisholm:“The Black Womanin Contemporary America”
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https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844025.book-part-131

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Selected as the keynote speaker for a national conference on Black women held at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, ShirleyChisholm enumerated the key issues facing African American women in her address “The Black Woman in Contemporary America.” She pointedly reminded her audience that Black women were not interested in being addressed as “Ms.” or in gaining access to all-male social clubs. Rather, African American women’s top priority was the welfare of their families and communities. Black and white women, she asserted, should unite around issues such as improved day-care facilities and increased job opportunities.

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