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Shirley Chisholm, Congressional Pioneer, Dies at 80

NPR | By Melissa Block
Published January 2, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to Congress, died at her home in Florida over the weekend. NPR's Melissa Block offers a tribute, and tape of Chisholm's 1972 announcement that she was running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Melissa Block is a special correspondent and guest host of NPR's news programs.
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