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Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat After Hillary Clinton Accepts Nomination

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Shirley ChisholmU.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm announces her entry for the Democratic nomination for the presidency, at the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York on Jan. 25, 1972.

Many recalled Shirley Chisholm, the first black female major party presidential candidate

Social media users celebrated historic firsts reached by black women throughout history on Friday, using the trending hashtag #BlackWomenDidThat to recognize their accomplishments.

As Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept a major party’s presidential nomination on Thursday, many remembered other women who have also put cracks in that “highest, hardest glass ceiling,” including Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to run for President in a major political party. She was also the first black U.S. congresswoman.

Anthony J.Williams, editor in chief of the Afrikan Black Coalition, started the hashtag “to commemorate black women who impacted your life,” he said on Twitter.

shirley chisholm Retweeted black xtc

Help us come up with a hashtag to commemorate Black women who impacted your life (directly or indirectly) https://twitter.com/mylomu/status/758881633332191234 

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