"I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States. I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am Black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I am equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or special interests." "I am the candidate of the people." Shirley Chisholm, January 25, 1972 ###   The 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami was the first major convention in which any woman was considered for the presidential nomination.

painting by Larry Walker, a prisoner whose paintings appear in Port of Harlem's print issue.  paintings available via the Prisoner's Gallery

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