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1、美国名人首位黑人女国会议员雪莉奇泽姆ShirleyChisholmplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:46repeatByLawanDavis2005-2-19(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mGwenOuten.VOICETWO:AndmDougJohnsonwithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.TodaywetellaboutShirleyChisholm.Shewasaneducator,activistandpolitician.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ShirleyChisholmisbestknownasthe

2、firstblackwomanelectedtoUnitedStatesCongressandthefirstblackwomantorunforpresidentoftheUnitedStates.However,herlifewasfilledwithmuchmorethanbeingthefirstblackwomantodoimportantthings.Shebelievedinbeingapersontofightforchange.Allherlife,sheworkedtoimprovethelivesofothers.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:ShirleyAnitaS

3、aintHillwasborninBrooklyn,NewYorkinnineteentwenty-four.Shewastheoldestoffourdaughters.HerfatherwasafactoryworkerfromGuyana.Helovedtoread.HermotherwasfromtheBritishWestIndiesislandofBarbados.Shemadeclothesandcleanedotherpeopleshouses.Shirleysparentshadverylittlemoney.Theywantedtheirdaughterstogetagoo

4、deducationandtohaveabetterlife.WhenShirleywasthreeyearsoldherparentssentherandhersisterstolivewiththeirgrandmotherinBarbados.ShirleyreceivedagoodeducationfromtheBritishschoolsystem.Sheenjoyedtheyearsshelivedwithhergrandmother.HerfamilyinBarbadoswasastrong,organizedgroupthatbelievedineducation.Shirle

5、yalwaysrememberedthewordshergrandmotherspoke.(SOUND)WhenIwasrearedintheBritishWestIndiesmygrandmotherusedtoalwaystellme,youmaynotbelovedbycertainforcesinasocietyandyouhavetounderstandwhy.Butalwaysspeakthetruth.VOICEONE:Innineteenthirty-fourShirleymovedbacktoBrooklyn.Shewastenyearsold.Shecontinuedtod

6、overywellinschool.ShelatergraduatedfromBrooklynCollegewithhonors.Innineteenforty-nine,shemarriedConradChisholmwhoworkedasaprivateinvestigator.Togethertheytookpartinlocalpolitics.Theirmarriageendedalmostthirtyyearslater.Asayoungwoman,Shirleydecidedtobecomeateacher.Shebelievedshecouldimprovesocietybyh

7、elpingchildren.Sheworkedforsevenyearsatachild-carecenterintheHarlemareaofNewYorkCity.SheattendedColumbiaUniversityatnightandreceivedanadvanceddegreeinearlychildhoodeducationinnineteenfifty-two.Shebecameknownasanexpertinchildrenandearlyeducation.Fromnineteenfifty-ninetonineteensixty-fourShirleyChisho

8、lmwasaneducationofficialinthedaycaredivisionofthecitysofficeofchildwelfare.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Inninetysixty-fourShirleyChisholmspoliticalcareerbegan.ShewaselectedtotheNewYorkStateAssembly.Sheservedforfouryears.Innineteensixty-eightsheannouncedshewouldrunfortheUnitedStatesCongress.Shewaselectedfromthene

9、wlycreatedTwelfthDistrictofNewYorkCity.ShebecamethefirstblackwomanelectedtoCongress.SherepresentedapoorareaofBrooklyncalledBeclford-Stuyvesant.InCongress,MizChisholmwasassignedtotheHouseAgricultureCommittee.Sheprotestedthisassignment.Shefeltitwasnotimportanttothepoorpeopleofthecitythatsherepresented

10、.ShewasmovedtotheVeteransAffairsCommittee.ShelaterservedontheEducationandLaborCommittee,thepositionshewanted.Innineteenseventy-sevenshejoinedtheimportantHouseRulesCommittee.VOICEONE:ShirleyChisholmwasverydifferentfromothermembersofCongress.Shelookeddifferent.Herhairwasabigcloudofcurls.Sheworeverylar

11、geeyeglasses.Andshehaddarkskin.Shealsospokedifferently.ShehaddevelopedaminorCaribbeanaccentwhilelivingwithhergrandmotherinBarbados.Hervoicewasstrong.Shespokewithpower.Shesaidhergreatesttoolwashermouth.ShewasnotafraidtosaythethingsotherswouldnotsaybeforeCongressandthepublic.(SOUND)But,myfriends,Imigh

12、tbestrongforsomepersonsinthisaudience,butIbelieveintellingitlikeitis.(applause)VOICETWO:ShirleyChisholmspokestronglyforthepoorandforwomen.SheworkedforcivilrightsforAfricanAmericans.SheopposedtheVietnamWar.Innineteensixty-nineshehelpedformtheCongressionalBlackCaucus.ShealsowasamemberoftheNationalOrga

13、nizationforWomen.MizChisholmwasanactivistforpeopleofcolor,includingNativeAmericansandSpanish-speakingimmigrants.Sheoftenspokeaboutculturalandsocialissues.(SOUND)IncreasingimmigrationtotheUnitedStatessuggeststhatwedoface(-andwebetterownupto-Wedoface)newsocialandculturalproblemsasthesenewAmericansarei

14、ntegratedintooursociety.Andbecausemostofthenewimmigrantsarepeopleofcolor,culturaladjustmentsmustbemadebyallgroupsinAmericaifwearetolearntolivetogetherasonenation.VOICEONE:MizChisholmwroteabookaboutherlifeinnineteenseventycalledUnboughtandUnbossed.Sherefusedtobedefinedbypartypoliticsorracialcompariso

15、ns.Sometimesthisworkedagainsther.Innineteenseventy-twoShirleyChisholmannouncedthatshewouldrunforpresidentoftheUnitedStates.Manypeoplethoughtitwasastrangethingtodo.MizChisholmsaidduringherlifeinpoliticsshefacedmorediscriminationasawomanthanasablackperson.ShirleyChisholmbecamethefirstwomanandthefirstb

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