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You are probably referring to Shirley Chisholm of New York; she was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968, the first black woman elected to congress. She then ran for president in 1972, but did not get the nomination.

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Shirley Chisholm and Walter E. Fauntroy were both black candidates for the Democratic nomination in 1972. Neither was nomintated.

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