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Not Done Yet: Shirley Chisholm’s Fight for Change

Tameka Fryer Brown

This free-verse biography follows Shirley Chisholm, a teacher from Brooklyn who pursued fairness and resisted being controlled. Chisholm became the first Black woman in Congress and later ran for president in 1972. Digital collage illustrations accompany her fight for change. A timeline and bibliography appear in the back matter, placing her political work in historical context and highlighting a life driven by ambition and a desire for fairness.

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Themes
Activism · Government And Civics · History · Leadership · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Published
November 1, 2022
ISBN-13
9781728420080
Language
English
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