On this day — November 30 in African history

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Shirley Chisholm, who became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and later the first Black candidate for a major party's presidential nomination, was born in Brooklyn.

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Barbados gained independence from the United Kingdom, ending over three centuries of British colonial rule.

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Barbados became a parliamentary republic exactly 55 years after independence, with Sandra Mason sworn in as the country's first president, replacing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.