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President Obama at a campaign fundraiser at the Sony Picture Studios on April 21, 2011.Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images
In 1976, Margaret Wright ran on the People's Party ticket. From working as a Black Panther Party education minister and a factory laborer, Wright focused her activism on labor rights, education reform, and racial justice.
Isabell Masters ran for president in 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004, under her own political party, Looking Back. Pursuing the head of the nation five times sets her apart as the woman with the most presidential campaigns in US history.
In 1999, Angel Joy Chavis Rocker announced she would run for president under the Republican Party, making her the first African American woman to do so. She hoped to encourage Black influence and inclusion within the GOP while also attracting other minorities.
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