Detroit Free Press Shirley Chisholm photographs
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Four 8x10" black and white photographs of Shirley Chisholm taken on June 23, 1969 by Jimmy Tafoya, staff photographer at the Detroit Free Press.
Biographical note
Shirley Anita Chisholm (nee St. Hill) was born in New York City on November 10, 1924. When she was two years old, her family relocated from Brooklyn to her mother's native Barbados, where they remained until Chisholm was 10. She attended Brooklyn College and Columbia University. In 1964 she was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat representing the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant. In 1968, she was elected to the United States House of Representatives, the first Black woman to have done so. She served for seven terms. She also sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. After retiring from Congress in 1982, Chisholm was appointed to the Purington Chair at Mount Holyoke College and led the National Political Congress of Black women.
Source
- Wilson, Sule Greg C. "Chisholm, Shirley." In The Encyclopedia of New York City, edited by Kenneth T. Jackson, p245. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; New York: New-York Historical Society, 2010.
Arrangement
This small collection is housed in a single folder with no particular arrangement.
Scope and Contents
Four 8x10" black and white photographs of Shirley Chisholm taken on June 23, 1969 by Jimmy Tafoya, staff photographer at the Detroit Free Press. All four photographs are stamped and dated on the verso. The markings are consistent with those of a newspaper photograph morgue. One photo has an August 10, 1971 clipping attached to the verso regarding the public perception of Chisholm's possible run for president.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Detroit Free Press Shirley Chisholm photographs, 2026.026, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from BLK MKT Vintage, 2026.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
If digital surrogates exist, they should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
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Processed by Dee Bowers, 2026. The photographs were individually sleeved in mylar and housed together in an acid-free folder.
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