Chisholm ’72 is an important lesson in the history of alternative electoral politics in America. Shirley Chisholm was a nursery school teacher in the 1940s and 50s, a child-care-center director in the 1950s, and a state assemblywoman in the early 1960s. The re-apportionment of New York City’s voting districts cleared the way for her to win a seat in the House of Representatives for the 12th Congressional District of Brooklyn. The first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968, Chisholm’s multi-racial, grassroots presidential campaign began some four years later, energizing citizens all across the nation. Motored by riveting archival footage from her campaign trail, Chisholm ’72 tells an important story about how Chisholm’s amazing presidential run changed America’s political landscape forever. Watching American history through the eyes of Chisholm ’72 means one will never see racism, sexism, and politics quite the same way again.  JJ