NEW YORK — Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, turned down the endorsement of the Black Panthers when she ran for president in 1972.

In “Shirley” premiering on Netflix on Friday, the congresswoman from Bedford-Stuyvesant, played by Regina King, meets with Huey Newton, founder of the Black Panthers, played by Brad James.

James, a former Marine, said, “(Chisholm) sat down and went toe-to-toe with a person a lot of people couldn’t go toe-to-toe with. It ended up being a monumental moment.”

The scene was shot at the Beverly Hills home of Diahann Carroll, where the protagonists actually met in 1972.

The leatherneck has been busy with his wife, Keshia Knight Pulliam, co-hosting “Married at First Sight” on Lifetime.

The couple met on the set of “Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta” in 2019, and welcomed a son last spring.

James also was in Disney’s “Dancing Through the Snow.” “The kids were very upset when I beat up Santa,” he said.

As Chisholm once said, “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining.”

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Professional gambler R.J. Cipriani rebuffed Mark Wahlberg’s company when he was asked to be in “California Kid,” a documentary about the rise and fall of USC football player Owen Hanson.

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