I saw this last night and was highly impressed with Ingrid Griffith's work.Shirley Chisholm was a pioneer black female politician who made it easier for us to accept black females as genuine political leaders.The fact that today Stacey Abrams and/or Kamala Harris are viewed as essential on a Democratic ticket for the Presidency is in large part due to Shirley Chisholm.I was pleased to learn of the tremendous influence her father Charles St. Hill a Guyanese, played in her political awareness.The blatant sexism that Shirley had to deal with from both white and BLACK politicians was DISGRACEFUL. I urge all and sundry to see this masterful work by Ingrid Griffith
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UNBOSSED AND UNBOWED
Mar 30, 2019, 3:06:36 AM
Mar 30, 2019, 3:19:29 AM
In reply to Dukes
Bossman St. Hill was a "Bajan" who returned to Barbados for a while before heading to NY 
Seriously though, I hope it hangs around for a while because i would love to see it on my next trip to NYC
Mar 30, 2019, 4:00:03 AM
In reply to Dukes
Shirley was a good friend of my great aunt - met her decades ago.
Mar 30, 2019, 4:10:17 AM
In reply to Walco
hahaha. you beat me to it. St Hill? a real bajan name. i am always awed at the old bajan names that exist in Guyana. names that you hardly hear in Bim nowadays. Harmon is one. that name always brings a smile to my face.
Dukes is fundamentally correct notwithstanding he failed to mention any bajan connection but it is all good 
Mar 30, 2019, 4:22:19 AM
In reply to sudden and Walco
Bossman St. Hill was a "Bajan"
He was no more Bajan than Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs!!!!!!! LOL
When Shirley was about 5 years old she along with her two younger siblings were sent to Barbados to live with their maternal grandmother and returned to the US some 5 years later.
Mar 30, 2019, 4:25:35 AM
In reply to Dukes
Shirley Chisholm was a pioneer
Easily one of the strongest woman I have ever met, wit and intelligence high up there as well.
Mar 30, 2019, 4:28:10 AM
In reply to sudden
I actually came back to address the omission but was too late.Her Grandmother was credited with Shirley's attitude in life but it was her father who piqued her interest in politics and was a vociferous supporter of her political career, even leaving in his will some $10,000 USD to Shirley and ZERO to her siblings which as you can imagine caused an uproar in the family.
In any event all this is a side issue.Many of the older black male politicians were openly hostile to Shirley and what tickled me pink was an interaction Shirley had with a young black student named Maxine Waters!!!!
Mar 30, 2019, 4:40:16 AM
In reply to sudden and Walco
In response to my query The actor last night who researched Shirley for 4 years said
Yes,he was born in B.G. I’m not sure if he has Bajan relatives. I’m told the St. Hills were from St. Ann’s in Guyana. Shirley’s mother, Ruby Seales, was from Vauxhall, Barbados
P.S Dukes never heard of St. Ann's in Guyana!!!!!!
We really do not know our history!!!!!!!!
Mar 30, 2019, 4:49:15 AM
In reply to Walco
Charles St. Hill
He was 16 years old and orphaned when he and his older brother left Guyana for Cuba.
Mar 30, 2019, 5:15:56 AM
In reply to Dukes
He was no more Bajan than Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs!!!!!!!
And Rihanna is no more Guyanese that Lloyd and Gibbs are Bajan
Please share the Maxine Waters story.
I recently heard Al Sharpton talk about the huge influence Shirley Chisolm had on him as a young man. He worked/volunteered for her as a young man.
Mar 30, 2019, 5:17:26 AM
In reply to sudden
Man anytime I see the name St. Hill I assume it's a bajan. Ince is another name and of course Brathwaite. I knew a lot of St. Hills in Bim
Mar 30, 2019, 5:21:32 AM
In reply to Walco
You never heard about "Sudden Walcott"?
Mar 30, 2019, 5:24:09 AM
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
No but I met some Walcotts the other day in Jamaica 
Mar 30, 2019, 5:25:41 AM
In reply to Dukes
Dukes, fundamentally we are saying the same thing once you account for the bajan lineage. we have no issues now.
there is also a close cuba / bajan thing and a close panama/ bajan one which a cawmere schoolmate used to blog about and update.
Mar 30, 2019, 5:26:08 AM
In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
how about Fuzzy Nick?
Mar 30, 2019, 5:30:51 AM
In reply to Dukes
Possibly Ann’s Grove on the East Coast of Demerara?
Mar 30, 2019, 5:32:50 AM
In reply to Runs
I think Dukes made a mistake. He is married to a Yardie from St. Anns, Jamaica?
Mar 30, 2019, 5:33:39 AM
Where Ingrid Griffith from?
Mar 30, 2019, 6:10:32 AM
In reply to Runs
Possibly Ann’s Grove on the East Coast of Demerara?
My Aunt used to live in Ann's Grove, spent a lot of time there as a kid.
Mar 30, 2019, 6:25:20 AM
In reply to Oilah
Guyana
Mar 30, 2019, 6:28:11 AM
In reply to Walco
Nah she from under the clock
Mar 30, 2019, 6:32:32 AM
In reply to Dukes
With a name like Ingrid Griffith I swear she is a Bajan Wonder what percent of Guyanese have Bajan family and vice versa
Mar 30, 2019, 6:35:48 AM
In reply to sudden
U R correct
Mar 30, 2019, 7:27:38 AM
Shirley was the daughter of Ruby (Seale) and Charles Christopher St. Hill. Her father was born in British Guiana (now Guyana), and lived in Barbados before coming to the U.S.
Her mother was born in Christ Church, Barbados. Her surname was from her former husband, Conrad Chisholm.
Shirley is one of four black Americans to have won a caucus and/or primary for a major American political party’s presidential nomination,
Others are:*Walter E. Fauntroy (1972; Democratic;
*Jesse Jackson (Democratic; in 1984
*Barack Obama (Democratic; in 2008,
Her mother was born in Christ Church, Barbados. Her surname was from her former husband, Conrad Chisholm.
Shirley is one of four black Americans to have won a caucus and/or primary for a major American political party’s presidential nomination,
Others are:*Walter E. Fauntroy (1972; Democratic;
*Jesse Jackson (Democratic; in 1984
*Barack Obama (Democratic; in 2008,
Mar 30, 2019, 7:31:24 AM
In reply to che
Just in case De yardies get jealous Conrad Chisholm was a yardie.
Mar 30, 2019, 7:42:52 AM
In reply to Dukes
Word!!
Mar 30, 2019, 8:08:57 AM
In reply to Dukes
why dont you prevail upon Granger to invite 5-10k bajans to Guyana. would help both u and us
Mar 30, 2019, 8:16:25 AM
In reply to Dukes
So she was the quintessential Caribbean woman!!!!!
Mar 30, 2019, 8:19:16 AM
"Walk like a Bajan"
Does anyone know what that means in guyana
Mar 30, 2019, 8:41:03 AM
In reply to Dukes
I think one of Shirley’s sisters may still be alive living in Barbados. Well she was living in Barbados when Shirley died
Mar 30, 2019, 8:56:11 AM
In reply to Dukes
Just in case De yardies get jealous Conrad Chisholm was a yardie.
Not jealous, but I knew there was a connection, just couldn't recall exactly what.
Mar 30, 2019, 9:12:36 AM
In reply to Dukes
Just in case De yardies get jealous Conrad Chisholm was a yardie.
And over the years, through the process osmosis, he made Shirley a full yardie --- and there endeth the lesson --- Amen…
Mar 30, 2019, 10:30:05 AM
In reply to Walco/Dukes
I think one of Shirley’s sisters may still be alive living in Barbados. Well she was living in Barbados when Shirley died
sister seh har pops St. Hill born in Bim sail to BG and return...seh he aint Guyana born..
Dukes likkle mo diggin fi yuh!!!
Mar 30, 2019, 10:31:47 AM
In reply to birdseye
Osmosis ....or injectology ...to blows and skirt ...!
Mar 30, 2019, 10:33:52 AM
In reply to che
Bwooy che mi fren ....as proud as yuh is to be a Bajan is a good ting yuh not a yardie.
Yuh head wudda hexpand til it hexplode to royal cord ...!!!
Mar 30, 2019, 11:03:45 AM
In reply to JohnBull
royal cord
da replce ''blood seed''
Mar 30, 2019, 1:54:11 PM
In reply to birdseye
And over the years, through the process osmosis, he made Shirley a full yardie --- and there endeth the lesson --- Amen… smile
Mar 31, 2019, 5:39:04 AM
In reply to birdseye
Yardie by INJECTION!!!!!!
Mar 31, 2019, 5:42:38 AM
In reply to che
sister seh har pops St. Hill born in Bim sail to BG and return...seh he aint Guyana born.
Trump seh Barack mudda get pregnant in Hawaii, go to Kenya had Barack in Kenya,then smuggle he back into de US
Mar 31, 2019, 8:38:46 AM
In reply to Dukes
Mar 31, 2019, 11:45:46 AM
In reply to che and Dukes
Actually Mr. St Hill was conceived in Barbados, but born in Guyana. Anchor baby dat
Mar 31, 2019, 1:32:50 PM
In reply to Walco
Chain migration as well!!!!
Apr 1, 2019, 6:51:50 AM
In reply to Dukes