The newest Black History honoree being inducted into the Black Heritage Series paying tribute to Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.
She got the stamp of approval from the U.S. Postal Service.
The legacy of Shirley Chisholm — the Brooklyn-born politician who became the first black woman elected to Congress — will be honored with her very own postage stamp.
The late Bedford-Stuyvesant resident, who died in 2005 at age 80, is famous for her long-list of firsts — the first black woman elected to Congress, where she served seven terms, the first black person to run for president in 1972.
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Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm flashes victory sign at her campaign headquarters in Brooklyn.
She beat out hundreds of thousands of other nominees to grace the 49-cent stamp, part of the Black Heritage series.
Barbara Winslow, the project director of the Shirley Chisholm Project and professor at Brooklyn College, called the news “very exciting.”
“She was a champion of women’s rights, a passionate supporter of the expansion of public education, and believed that countries should not be raiding other countries,” Winslow said, referring to Chisholm’s vehement anti-war stance of the Vietnam War.
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Shirley Chisholm pictured with Adam Clayton Powell at a parade.
“The best way to honor her is to struggle for the issues she thought was important,” Winslow said.
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat who currently holds Chisholm’s seat in New York’s 12th Congressional District, echoed Winslow’s enthusiasm, saying in a statement that Chisholm is “one of my biggest heroines.”
“I commend the U.S. Postal Service for honoring this amazing, trailblazing woman with a Forever stamp, and I look forward to buying a whole bunch of them, once they’re issued,” she said.
A dedication ceremony will take place Friday at Brooklyn Borough Hall — where Chisholm’s picture still proudly hangs.
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