I loved Shirley Chisholm. I worked in the House during her tenure there, as well as Bella Abzug, Pete McCloskey, and other firebrands. It was great!

As always, Rachel gives the historical reference to the relevant news. "She had guts." Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, you are never forgotten. Great story Rachel.

Wow! Wonderful story! Thank you for bringing Shirley Chisholm's history to the forefront!

I’m related to her and I’m proud!

Shirley Chisholm was a very brave and remarkable woman!!!God Bless her Soul.

Our mother had guts. 💙🕊️👠

I’m so happy for you. You’ve paved the way for us. & for that .. we thank you

You go “Queen”! Thank you for your services! ❤️

I was not born in 1968, but i love to see and listen to history that have shaped the world we live in today.

Shirley Chisholm is one of the great women I 'channeled' when I was elected as the first black woman to Newcastle city council here in the UK in 1988 (a teenie tiny step in comparison) But it's lovely that MSNBC are giving her this space and great to hear her Barbadian lilt in the clips played. Lovely. Great show as always RM.

Omg...I'm crying!!!

I finally have the proper answer to the age old question, " if you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead...." I love Shirley Chisholm. So wise. Such a revolutionary, badass, brilliant, strong woman!!!

How times have changed. In November of 1968, I was 20 and a half years old, so I was too young to vote, because one had to be 21 before one could vote. So all you young folks out there, from 18 to 21 in the next election, take advantage of your right to vote. It matters.

A truly awesome segment. I may have only learned about "Fighting Shirley" tonight, but this tie-in to the recent midterms only bolsters my hope for the Country.

That was a beautiful piece, Rachel! Brought tears to my eyes. I guess I'm THIRSTY for good news but this was GREAT! Thank you and Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

This should have more views. Thank you for covering Shirley Chisholm's and her beautiful presence in US politics and the guts she had.

Thanks for sharing her story!

This segment should be required viewing in elementary schools. It gives our youngest citizens another reason to dream big dreams!

It's about time somebody talked about the great Shirley Chisholm. Forget Oprah. Read Shirley's book, "Unboosed and Unbought". One of America's true political heroes who has rarely been remembered or recognized in the general population. She was the first African-American candidate from a major party to run for President of the U.S. I bet they don't teach that in high-school history classes. She was a true leader. “When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” - Shirley Chisholm

She spoke up, unlike Ben Carson and guts don't exist with most in government today.

Thank you, Rachel Maddow.

That portrait is pretty epic. Loved Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez's caption: "We stand on the shoulders of giants"

Dear Rachel Maddow: Don’t neglect to reminding us of the great Rep. Barbara Jordon and her famous House Judiciary speech. She is one of my hero’s that I have looked up to in life. It had been my dream that she would be both the first woman and the first African American to be POTUS.

Not only did she have guts her presidential slogan was Unbought and unbossed!! She was before her time and definitely a force to be reckon with .

Thanks Rachel for highlighting Shirley Chisholm’s legacy. She never backed down nor gave up. Even being the first African American Woman to run for President back in 1972. She’s a hero

Made me cry. Made me smile.

This is what I love about Rachel ....the Shirley Chisolm report shows that even in this darkness there is light......a change's a coming trumptees

You go Rachel! Awesome and beautiful tribute. Made me weepy to remember. I was a little girl of 10 in '68 and Shirley Chisholm was the ideal of every little black girl! Positive representation can change lives. So overjoyed to know so many little girls saw the light! ❤

Unbought and Unbossed.

Shirley Chisholm, one of my heroes! She stated that she had faced much prejudice in her life. As a woman, and an African American. But she NEVER let it stop her! She was such a great woman. When George Wallace was shot, she even went to see him in the hospital. He was shocked to see her. (He exclaimed, "Shirley, what are you doing here!"). But, I really think she showed him what real humility and forgiveness was! Shirley Chisholm had guts!

Thank you.

That's funny the last month I started re-reading her first book title "Unbought & Unbound." I remember Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan. I watched as Robert Kennedy Sr. was shot live on TV. I remember when Martin Luther King was assassinated and having the National Guard stationed on our block to deter riots after he was killed. I remember walking everywhere during the bus boycotts, Kent State riots. I was a child but I have vivid memories of the civil rights, the equal rights (ERA), voting rights, Vietnam, and other social protests, of the 1960s. I remember seeing the Black Panthers, Hippies and Flower Children gathering to speak in the park (not at the same time of course). The 1960s was a period of social unrest and change that I will never forget.

Awe-inspiring woman!

Thank you allowing your clear compassion and articulation in reporting current affairs which rings for me very lasting impressions.

I loved this segment! Thank you!

I remember Shirley Chisholm and her fight, and MLK and how he spoke the truth, always. Shirley was so strong with her fight, and how much she believed! Even back then, she said the seniority was controlled by about 15 old white rich men, even back in the 60s! Even then!!!!

Rachel you are awesome! Love this segment.

I’m here because of the movie “Shirley” on Netflix. Thank you, Regina King, for bringing her back to public consciousness!

Awesome

What a beautiful, magnificent woman. Unbought & unbossed.

Yes, many thanks for Ms. Chisholm, for having the courage, and knowledge, as well as having the fortitude and propensity to love and fight for the rights for all. What a incredible inspiration Ms. Chisholm was and will always be. Yes, un-bossed and unbought! Thank you Ms. Maddox for paying homage to Ms. Chisholm and spreading her undisputed legacy. Thanks too; to Ms. King for portraying Ms. Chisholm with absolute perfection and telling her story for the whole world to see. Well done! ❤

Dope report. 💙🕊️👠

Totally cool - brought tears to my eyes - change is happening

Beautiful.

🏹...God bless her and yes she did have guts ❤

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Can you imagine the Confederates at Faux News paying homage to an American Hero like this? One who stood for the poor and disenfranchised and not rich racist whites?

Fighting Shirley had guts and called a spade a spade.

Amazing

Awesome lady, in the extreme. The OWM (old white male) problem is still there to be resolved, its actually now the OWFWM (old white fabulously wealthy male) syndrome. I hope that this new Congress will immediately reverse Trump’s offensive tax extortions and put the people’s money back into the community, and right after they nationally increase the minimum wage to at least $12. Thanks for reminding us, Rachel.

Never heard of her. I’m glad now that I have.

I love this story!! By the way, i am an old white man from the south

She will remain a giant in American politics!

💛💛💛💛💛💛

I didn't come here to cry...dammit!😭😭😭

As we celebrate this first day of Joyous Kwanzaa we remember those who have gone before us our elders. Congress Women Shirley Chisholm. Habari Gani?..Umoja: Unity 400 Years of the American Experience 1619 - 2019.

I met her. She was a Brooklyn nite.

How did I not know about her

i liked Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's post-mortem on former (U. S.) Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D - New York) that was published in People's 'Year in Review' issue for 2005. Talk about 'unbought and unbossed.'

Shirley Chisholm! A she-ro of her time. And we thought things were changing. Boy did we ever. One step forward ...

Time for Shirley Chisholm 1972. And now #TulsiMediaBlackout

It speaks the truth to our current state. I get that experience cones with age but in the other hand. We need talented people of the now as well. In these top positions of office. It doesn't make sense that people in their 60's and 70's. Dictate the future of our country. Just like we need our constitution to be more relevant with our current times. The constitution should be amended continuously. The outdated can't always apply.

I think Shirley might have had a better chance of running for President if she was a senator or a governor. The statewide recognition would have given her a bigger platform from which she could launch.

Potential Reconciler❤

Try singing this in the style of Tom Waits' A Foreign Affair. (good luck) I'll post this around for a couple of days... A foreign affair, juxtaposed, with a stateside, And domestically unapproved mendastic fancy, Was mysteriously redacted, due to circumstances Knowing, it would only be parlayed, into a misery. Under fear of contradiction, Rudy's pants produced a fiction A hankerchief of words...to fool a fence post, And drop the jaws of news hosts Collectively we wanted something more. A romance of relations Not a pool of undulations A foreign affair, accompanied in tandem With an administration random, Nesting dolls had lined the halls To slip inside each other, instead of run for cover A contusion of confusions instead of real solutions, The court doors spinning on their own As the public chews on Faux News rubber bones. Criminal intent the only cover sent To a family at the border under military order Chased by death and terror confronting Departmental error And now a man is cut up because he never shut up But his words will never let up Until the lies are strung up This flag of flesh that waves To a world above it's graves. A foreign affair, over time has slowly ripened With unending legal stipends Overflowing lawyers coffers With a sea of unholy offers By a bargain basement president Whose reason is the law is bent To help him win the hearts and minds Of a people that are so resigned That our future's been consigned To a corporate state unkind. A foreign affair, conceived in it's mindset That believes the world is best kept Separate, cold, and unadept At seeing itself a bad bet made By a man of many rooms yet Walled in and homeless.

The white news anchor called Bed-Stuy Brooklyn a concrete urban slum. Really dude?

Where is her lifetime movie???

Still accurate

black power

I don't like that portrait though! Doesn't do this beautiful woman any justice at all.

Redd Foxx was right.

Part of the 'LGB_HDTV' crowd-no thanks

She made black men look real weak!!! Black men step to game up!

😢😂

3 yrs b4 President Obama and V President Kamala Harris

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Rach ran out of 2018 issues to talk about?

Did she have children?

I'm sorry but looks like a man even when they drew those political drawings she was tall skinny dangly man.

Pretty sad about Laverne and SHIRLEY .. I didnt think Laverne was that old ..

Yawn