The good fight / Shirley Chisholm.

"In 1972, the Congresswoman from New York--the first Black woman elected to Congress--made history again when she announced her candidacy for President of the United States. Though she understood victory was a longshot, Chisholm chose to run "because someone had to do it first. . . . I ran because m...

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Main Author: Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : AMISTAD, an Imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, 2022.
Edition:First HarperCollins paperback.
Series:Amistad revival
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Physical Description:xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The nomination -- After 1968 -- The kids -- Black politics -- Making up my mind -- Florida -- She's just a stalking-horse -- Wallace's shooting -- The last primary -- The convention -- McGovern and the campaign -- Black alternatives -- Coalition politics -- Looking both ways. 
520 |a "In 1972, the Congresswoman from New York--the first Black woman elected to Congress--made history again when she announced her candidacy for President of the United States. Though she understood victory was a longshot, Chisholm chose to run "because someone had to do it first. . . . I ran because most people think the country is not ready for a black candidate, not ready for a woman candidate." In this invaluable political memoir, Chisholm reflects on her unique campaign and a nation at the crossroads of change. With the striking candor and straightforward style for which she was famous, Chisholm reveals the essential wheeling and dealing inherent to campaigning, castigates the innate conservatism and piety of the Black majority of the period, decries identity politics that lead to destructive power struggles within a fractious Democratic Party, and offers prescient advice on the direction of Black politics. From the whirlwind of the primaries to the final dramatic maneuvering at the tumultuous 1972 Democratic National Convention, The Good Fight is an invaluable portrait of twentieth-century politics and a Democratic Party in flux -- a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its time. Most important, it is the portrait of a fearless, outspoken reformer who dedicated her life to making politics work for all Americans." -- Publisher. 
545 0 |a Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1969 and was re-elected six times until she retired in 1983. While in office, she spoke out for civil rights and women's rights, advocated for the poor, and opposed the Vietnam War. In 1972, she was the first African American person to run for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. In 2015, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Chisholm wrote the autobiographical works Unbought and Unbossed (1970) and The Good Fight (1973). 
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