Rep. Shirley Chisholm memorial service held

Jet, Jan 31, 2005

* REP. SHIRLEY CHISHOLM MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD:

Muriel St. Hill, the sister of the late former congresswoman and U.S. presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm, accepts the American flag from Chisholm's casket, after a memorial service was held for the first Black female in Congress at the First A.M.E. Church in Palm Coast, FL. The late political pioneer was in poor health and recently died at her home in Ormond Beach, FL, at age 80 (JET, Jan. 24).

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