TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 2 P41

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P41 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 388 CHISHOLM SHIRLEY ANITA ST. HILL The word radical properly used MEANS GOING TO THE BASIS OF A PROBLEM THE WORD COMES FROM the Latin for root RATHER THAN DEALING WITH ITS MANIFESTATIONS. Shirley Chisholm civic activities. She served on the board of directors of the Brooklyn Home for Aged Colored People and became a prominent member of the Brooklyn branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People naacp . She frequently volunteered her time for such groups as the Democratic Women s Workshop the League of Women Voters and the Bedford-Stuyvesant Political League an organization formed to support black candidates. Her intense participation in local politics marked by her forthrightness and her willingness to confront politicians with difficult questions about racial equality made her unpopular with the predominantly white Democratic establishment in New York. But it won her the recognition and respect of her community which was about 70 percent African American and Hispanic residents. So well known was Chisholm in Brooklyn by 1964 that she could mount a successful campaign for a seat in the New York State Assembly despite having no support from the Democratic establishment. She stressed that the people had asked her to run. As an assemblywoman from 1964 to 1968 she spearheaded legislation providing for state-funded day care centers and for unemployment insurance for domestic workers. Of particular importance to her were bills that she shepherded through the Education Committee. One major accomplishment was a financial aid program known as Search for Elevation Education and Knowledge SEEK . Passed into law in 1965 SEEK reached out to students of color who lacked the necessary academic requirements to enter state universities by providing them with scholarships and remedial training. Other legislative successes boosted school spending limits and wiped out the practice of stripping tenure from women teachers who took maternity leave. In 1968 .

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