The Help, and shows like Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us. According to the outlet, the movie’s story “tracks Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, a groundbreaking historical moment, giving what’s described as ‘an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of one of the most ground-breaking political leaders of our time.'” Chisholm, who was elected as the country’s first Black congresswoman in 1968, was the first-ever Black candidate for a major party’s nomination for President of the United States. As you might expect, she encountered massive amounts of sexism during her campai...