Shirley Chisholm
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this classic work, a blend of memoir social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today, the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York's dynamic representative Shirley Chisholm, traces her extensive political struggle and examines the problems that have long plagued the American system of government.
"I want to be remembered as a woman...who dared to be a catalyst of change." Political pioneer Shirley Chisholm,...
Author
Language
English
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Description
The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color, a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its times, newly reissued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of her campaign.
Before Kamala Harris, before Hillary Rodham Clinton there was Shirley Chisholm. In 1972, the Congresswoman from New York, the first Black...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm campaigned to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1972. From the announcement of her candidacy in January to the Democratic National Convention in Miami that July. Chisholm's fight for inclusion encompassed all Americans "who agree that the institutions of this country belong to all of the people who inhabit it." Shunned by the political establishment, Chisholm asks people of color, feminists...