Black Women Brought the Votes to Put Dem Men in Office, but They Won’t Vote to Put Us in Leadership

44 Years of Black women working to support Democratic leaders, but rarely called to lead

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4 min readJan 27, 2021

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1977 Shirley Chisolm was the last Black woman elected to a congressional leadership position in the Democratic Party.

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