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Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) by Barbara Lee, Shirely Chisholm is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress in 1968 after campaigning under the slogan, “Unbought and Unbossed,” and her political career never swerved from that principle – she was fearless, undaunted, brilliant, and always first and foremost a servant to nobody but the people.When Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party’s nomination just four years after she had become the first-ever black woman in Congress. In typical fashion, she acknowledged the landmark but knew it was beside the point: “I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women’s movement of this country, although I am a woman and I’m equally proud of that.” What she emphasized was: “I am the candidate of the people of America.”Her legacy has only further demonstrated her profoundly humane politics and her undaunted and tireless work ethic. In a set of interviews that extend from the first major profile by Susan Brownmiller to her final interview documenting her life and reflecting on her legacy, Shirley Chisholm reveals her discipl

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Author

Barbara Lee, Shirely Chisholm

Publisher

Melville House Publishing

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612198972

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir