Editor’s note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline’s political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary...

Many may not know the name Shirley Chisholm now, but it is not for lack of Hollywood trying to keep her flame alive. The seven term Congresswoman from Brooklyn was elected in 1968 becoming the first African American woman to do so, and...