Thought for the Day
“I don’t measure America by its achievement, but by its potential.”
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm , the first Black woman elected to Congress. delivered this sentiment in her 1970 memoir, Unbought and Unbossed. Chisholm often emphasized that America’s promise of civil rights and equality wasn’t something to be celebrated as already realized, but by its capacity to fulfill its democratic promises and create opportunities for all citizens, especially those historically marginalized.