U.S. News: Why did Diahann Carroll host a Hollywood party for the Shirley Chisholm campaign? Juanita Tolliver: Before April of 1972, the only other remotely political fundraiser Carroll had hosted ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new statue honoring political trailblazer Shirley ... Chisholm, who served in Congress from 1969 to 1983, also made history when she ran for president in 1972. Her campaign ...