--- title: #BlackWomenDidThat Notes Black Achievements Before Clinton description: Social media users celebrated historic firsts reached by black women throughout history, using the trending hashtag #BlackWomenDidThat canonical: https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-30T16:13:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T23:06:11.000Z og:title: Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat og:description: Many recalled Shirley Chisholm, the first black female major party presidential candidate og:url: https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fe13b37a3e4449/6988a07bab6d7703c36aabdd/shirley-chisholm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4412 og:image:height: 2482 og:image:alt: Shirley Chisholm og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat twitter:description: Many recalled Shirley Chisholm, the first black female major party presidential candidate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fe13b37a3e4449/6988a07bab6d7703c36aabdd/shirley-chisholm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat After Hillary Clinton Accepts Nomination > Sponsored content. 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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. Don Hogan Charles—New York Times Co./Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:06 PM UTCPublished: Jul 30, 2016 4:13 PM UTC 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](http://time.com/4429815/dnc-hillary-clinton-speech-theme/) to accept a major party’s presidential nomination on Thursday, many [remembered other women](http://time.com/3771209/hillary-clinton-female-candidates/) who have also put cracks in that “highest, hardest glass ceiling,” including [Shirley Chisholm](http://time.com/4359610/shirley-chisholm-nominee/), 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](http://afrikanblackcoalition.org/), [started the hashtag](https://twitter.com/anthoknees/status/759180550317838336) “to commemorate black women who impacted your life,” he said on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/anthoknees/status/758882192504131584) > [](https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/759031637862551552) > [](https://twitter.com/Ianakane/status/759086497307828224) > [](https://twitter.com/OmanReagan/status/758892665727352832) > [](https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/759012271964106752) > [](https://twitter.com/Phil%5FLewis%5F/status/759020998603657216) > [](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/759010137256230912) > [](https://twitter.com/LeslieMac/status/759033417002422274) > [](https://twitter.com/IKilledBecky/status/758983655817564161) > [](https://twitter.com/thunder%5Fmaker/status/758991553461268486) > [](https://twitter.com/BrandiJeter/status/759022083326091265) > [](https://twitter.com/BrandiJeter/status/759015428953780224) > [](https://twitter.com/KenyaBell/status/759013413192282113) > [](https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/759011730840092676) > [](https://twitter.com/theyh8mehki/status/759019496203890688) > [](https://twitter.com/AshleyKSmalls/status/759040464087576576) > [](https://twitter.com/JenClarke18/status/759038707907239936) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/"},"headline":"Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat After Hillary Clinton Accepts Nomination","datePublished":"2016-07-30T16:13:34.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:06:11.000Z","description":"Many recalled Shirley Chisholm, the first black female major party presidential candidate","url":"https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","viral","Democratic National Convention"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fe13b37a3e4449/6988a07bab6d7703c36aabdd/shirley-chisholm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8fe13b37a3e4449/6988a07bab6d7703c36aabdd/shirley-chisholm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shirley Chisholm","caption":"Shirley Chisholm","creditText":"Don Hogan Charles—New York Times Co./Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4431942/black-women-did-that-historic-firsts/","name":"Internet Celebrates Black Women With #BlackWomenDidThat After Hillary Clinton Accepts Nomination"}}]}] ```