Vintage Posters

"Politics Make Strange Bedfellows" in the photomontage style 1971 work that made Gescheidt famous. Published by Yippy Inc - This week in history the phenomenal Shirley Chisholm broke barriers by becoming the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. In her seven terms as Representative from New York, she fought for education and social justice, was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first major-party Black candidate to run for U.S. President.