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1、美国名人第一位女姓黑人国会议员夏丽齐颂ShirleyChisholmz1924-2005:TheFirstBlackWomanElectedtotheU.S.Congressplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:59repeatByLawanDavis2008-3-1VOICEONE:mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndmBarbaraKleinwithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.TodaywetellaboutShirleyChisholm.Shewasaneducator,activistandpolitician

2、.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:CongresswomanShirleyChisholmannouncinghercandidacyforpresidentShirleyChisholmisbestknownasthefirstblackwomanelectedtoUnitedStatesCongressandthefirstblackwomantorunforpresidentoftheUnitedStates.However,herlifewasfilledwithmuchmorethanbeingthefirstblackwomantodoimportantthings.Shebeli

3、evedinbeingapersontofightforchange.Allherlife,sheworkedtoimprovethelivesofothers.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:ShirleyAnitaSaintHillwasborninBrooklyn,NewYorkinnineteentwenty-four.Shewastheoldestoffourdaughters.HerfatherwasafactoryworkerfromGuyana.Helovedtoread.HermotherwasfromtheBritishWestIndiesislandofBarbados.

4、Shemadeclothesandcleanedotherpeopleshouses.Shirleysparentshadverylittlemoney.Theywantedtheirdaughterstogetagoodeducationandtohaveabetterlife.WhenShirleywasthreeyearsoldherparentssentherandhersisterstolivewiththeirgrandmotherinBarbados.livedwithhergrandmother.HerfamilyinBarbadoswasastrong,organizedgr

5、oupthatbelievedineducation.Shirleyalwaysrememberedthewordshergrandmotherspoke.Shirleychisholm:WhenIwasrearedintheBritishWestIndiesmygrandmotherusedtoalwaystellme,youmaynotbelovedbycertainforcesinasocietyandyouhavetounderstandwhy.Butalwaysspeakthetruth.VOICEONE:Innineteenthirty-fourShirleymovedbackto

6、Brooklyn.Shewastenyearsold.Shecontinuedtodoverywellinschool.ShelatergraduatedfromBrooklynCollegewithhonors.Innineteenforty-nine,shemarriedConradChisholmwhoworkedasaprivateinvestigator.Togethertheytookpartinlocalpolitics.Theirmarriageendedalmostthirtyyearslater.Asayoungwoman,Shirleydecidedtobecomeate

7、acher.Shebelievedshecouldimprovesocietybyhelpingchildren.SheworkedforsevenyearsatachildcarecenterintheHarlemareaofNewYorkCity.SheattendedColumbiaUniversityatnightandreceivedanadvanceddegreeinearlychildhoodeducationinnineteenfifty-two.Shebecameknownasanexpertinchildrenandearlyeducation.Fromnineteenfi

8、fty-ninetonineteensixty-fourShirleyChisholmwasaneducationofficialinthedaycaredivisionofthecitysofficeofchildwelfare.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Inninetysixty-fourShirleyChisholmspoliticalcareerbegan.ShewaselectedtotheNewYorkStateAssembly.Sheservedforfouryears.Innineteensixty-eightsheannouncedshewouldrunfortheUn

9、itedStatesCongress.ShewaselectedfromthenewlycreatedTwelfthDistrictofNewYorkCity.ShebecamethefirstblackwomanelectedtoCongress.SherepresentedapoorareaofBrooklyncalledBedford-Stuyvesant.InCongress,MizChisholmwasassignedtotheHouseAgricultureCommittee.Sheprotestedthisassignment.Shefeltitwasnotimportantto

10、thepoorpeopleofthecitythatsherepresented.ShewasmovedtotheVeteransAffairsCommittee.ShelaterservedontheEducationandLaborCommittee,thepositionshewanted.Innineteenseventy-sevenshejoinedtheimportantHouseRulesCommittee.VOICEONE:hairwasabigcloudofcurls.Sheworeverylargeeyeglasses.Andshehaddarkskin.Shealsosp

11、okedifferently.ShehaddevelopedaminorCaribbeanaccentwhilelivingwithhergrandmotherinBarbados.Hervoicewasstrong.Shespokewithpower.Shesaidhergreatesttoolwashermouth.ShewasnotafraidtosaythethingsotherswouldnotsaybeforeCongressandthepublic.Shirleychisholm:But,myfriends,Imightbestrongforsomepersonsinthisau

12、dience,butIbelieveintellingitlikeitis.VOICETWO:ShirleyChisholmspokestronglyforthepoorandforwomen.SheworkedforcivilrightsforAfricanAmericans.SheopposedtheVietnamWar.Innineteensixty-nineshehelpedformtheCongressionalBlackCaucus.ShealsowasamemberoftheNationalOrganizationforWomen.MizChisholmwasanactivist

13、forpeopleofCoIorZincludingNativeAmericansandSpanish-speakingimmigrants.Sheoftenspokeaboutculturalandsocialissues.Shirleychisholm:IncreasingimmigrationtotheUnitedStatessuggeststhatwedoface(andwebetterownupto?wedoface)newsocialandculturalproblemsasthesenewAmericansareintegratedintooursociety.Andbecaus

14、emostofthenewimmigrantsarepeopleofcolor,culturaladjustmentsmustbemadebyallgroupsinAmericaifwearetolearntolivetogetherasonenation.VOICEONE:MizChisholmwroteabookaboutherlifeinnineteenseventycalledUnboughtandUnbossed.Sherefusedtobedefinedbypartypoliticsorracialcomparisons.Sometimesthisworkedagainsther.

15、Innineteenseventy-twoShirleyChisholmannouncedthatshewouldrunforpresidentoftheUnitedStates.Manypeoplethoughtitwasastrangethingtodo.MizChisholmsaidduringherlifeinpoliticsshefacedmorediscriminationasawomanthanasablackperson.ShirleyChisholmbecamethefirstwomanandthefirstblackpersontocarryoutapresidential

16、campaignwithinoneofthemajorparties.WhensheannouncedhercandidacyfortheDemocraticPartynominationforpresidentthisiswhatshesaid:IamnotthecandidateofblackAmerica,althoughIamblackandproud.Iamnotthecandidateofthewomensmovementofthiscountry,althoughIamawomanandIamequallyproudofthat.Iamnotthecandidateofanypoliticalbossesorspecialinterests.Iamthecandidateofthepeople.MizChisholmdidnotwintheDemocraticpr