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FlaglerLive.com - Nov. 24, 2015
Long before Barack Obama, before Jesse Jackson, Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro, there was Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress (in 1968), the first to run for president (in 1972, by which time she'd made it onto Nixon's "Enemies List"), the first to break through the Federal Communications Commission's arbitrary definition of "major candidates" who could appear in TV debates, and for a time, one of Palm Coast's most illustrious, if neglected, residents: Palm Coast refused to name a street in her honor after she died on the first day of 2005.
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Daytona TIMES - Nov. 26, 2015
Marya Bosley was invited to share the national stage upon President Barack Obama's bestowal of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to recipients Nov. 24 at the White House.The president conferred the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 "individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."
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Daytona Beach News-Journal - Nov. 27, 2015
On Nov. 5, 1968, Shirley Chisholm made history. She became the first African-American woman ever to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1969, She became one of the founding members of what would become the Congressional Black Caucus, and she went on to serve seven terms representing her New York district.
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Channel 13 News - Nov. 30, 2015
The nation's first black congresswoman is being remembered for the impact she had here in Central Florida. Students from Flagler Palm Coast High School and local college students joined Palm Coast-based businesses Office Divvy and Natural Nubian to raise awareness about Shirley's Chisholm's life. The groups said too many people didn't know who Chisholm was, though she was a pioneer for equal rights for African-Americans and women in general.
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Palm Coast Observer - Dec. 1, 2015
Standing in the East Room of the White House, Palm Coast resident Marya Bosley, attended the Medal of Freedom Ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 24. She was there to witness her godmother, Shirley Chisholm, be recognized by President Barack Obama.
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BBC News Magazine - Jan. 26, 2016
Decades before Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm. As the first black woman to run for president for a major political party she was years ahead of her time. So why don't more people know about her?
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