The good fight / Shirley Chisholm.

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"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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Bibliographic Details
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
Subjects:	Chisholm, Shirley, > 1924-2005. Presidents > United States > Election > 1972. African American presidential candidates. Women presidential candidates > United States. African American women legislators. United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974. Politics and government. Presidents > Election. Women presidential candidates. United States. 1969-1974 Autobiographies.
Genre:	Autobiographies.
Physical Description:	xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Format:	Book

Contents:

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.