>> the next time that a minority person or a woman runs for high office in this country, she or he will be regarded as a force to be respected. >> shirley chisholm ran because she wanted to bring issues of women and blacks and challenge the democratic party establishment, and the black leadership establishment. so she ran to raise policy issues like i did many years later. >> chisholm did not win any primaries in 1972, but she did get 152 delegate votes at the convention, an important step forward. when jesse jackson ran in 1984, he still confronted history. >> when i ran in '84, the idea met resistance. like, are you serious? you know a black can't run. >> jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1988, the barriers began to shake. he won 13 primaries in caucuses