Shirley Chisholm's Life: The Civil Rights Movement

Shirley Chisholm’s life gives us a perfect understanding of the civil rights movements, of what it had achieved and what it meant then and what it means now. Some people believe that after the Civil rights Act of 1964 was signed, everything in the United States changed; the lives of African Americans, were transformed after that act was sign. In reality, that passing of such act did not mean the end of racism, it only meant one couldn't openly have an opinion of someone based on the color of their skin. Through Chisholm’s life, we can see how inequality transitioned from open racism to a more indirect yet predominant form. For instance, after living in Barbados with her grandmother throughout most of her childhood, she moved to live with her