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Chisholm
[chiz-uhm]
noun
Shirley Anita St. Hill, 1924–2005, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1969–83; first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Example Sentences
The agreement for the sale of the Lakers came about three months after Bill Chisholm agreed to buy the Boston Celtics with an initial valuation of $6.1 billion — which was going to be a record, topping the previous mark of $6.05 billion sale for the NFL’s Washington Commanders.
The deal comes after the March sale of the Boston Celtics basketball team to Bill Chisholm for $6.1 billion - which at that time was dubbed the priciest sale of a US sports franchise.
On the injured list: Cole, infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton.
That performance opened other doors, including portraying former politician and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm in Hulu’s 2020 miniseries “Mrs. America.”
“People really did take a real liking to her as a human, despite the politics, which I think is fascinating given the time. We’re talking about a woman, a Black woman in a very specific chapter in American history, so close to the Civil Rights Act,” she says of coming to understand Chisholm.
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