--- title: Watch: Shirley Chisholm's Legacy description: A short documentary by RetroReport examines Shirley Chisholm's legacy as the first Black woman to run for U.S. President. canonical: https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-30T13:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-10T23:11:48.632Z article:section: History og:title: Watch: Shirley Chisholm's Legacy og:description: A short documentary by RetroReport examines Shirley Chisholm's legacy as the first Black woman to run for U.S. President. og:url: https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ffb8f519b86ff3e/698b245d09208f1faf424bbc/RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch: Shirley Chisholm's Legacy twitter:description: A short documentary by RetroReport examines Shirley Chisholm's legacy as the first Black woman to run for U.S. President. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ffb8f519b86ff3e/698b245d09208f1faf424bbc/RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Shirley Chisholm's Legacy Still Looms Large by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 30, 2024 1:00 PM UTC  RetroReport by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 30, 2024 1:00 PM UTC As the first Black woman in Congress and the [first Black woman to run](https://time.com/4359610/shirley-chisholm-nominee/) for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination, Shirley Chisholm clearly had no shortage of vision. Even so, the [glass-ceiling-shattering](https://time.com/4551817/50-women-political-history-2/) politician—who was born on Nov. 30, 1924—might not have imagined what would come 100 years after her birth. Her centennial year has seen the first woman of color at the top of a major party ticket, and Chisholm, who died in 2005, has been the subject of a [Netflix series ](https://time.com/6959179/shirley-chisholm-true-story-netflix/)and multiple biographies. The New York City Council has declared Nov. 30 as Shirley Chisholm Day, to be celebrated every year. Even so, her impact has not always been recognized to the same extent as that of other Black leaders. This short documentary by [RetroReport](https://retroreport.org/) examines Chisholm's legacy—and how she has served as an inspiration to many, even as the reality of a woman being elected President remains [unrealized](https://time.com/7173617/kamala-harris-concession-speech-full-transcript/) in the United States. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/"},"headline":"Shirley Chisholm's Legacy Still Looms Large","datePublished":"2024-11-30T13:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-10T23:11:48.632Z","description":"A short documentary by RetroReport examines Shirley Chisholm's legacy as the first Black woman to run for U.S. President.","url":"https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/","keywords":["politics","History"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ffb8f519b86ff3e/698b245d09208f1faf424bbc/RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ffb8f519b86ff3e/698b245d09208f1faf424bbc/RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"RR443_P0134_1972_LOC_ShirleyChisholmatpodium_2020730435_HiRes_Crop_logo","caption":"","creditText":"RetroReport","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":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7198395/shirley-chisholm-legacy-video/","name":"Shirley Chisholm's Legacy Still Looms Large"}}]}] ```