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Author:

Bolden, Tonya, author.

Title:

Speak up, speak out! : the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm" / by Coretta Scott King Honor winner Tonya Bolden ; with a foreword by Stacey Abrams.

Publisher:

National Geographic,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

144 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Chisholm, Shirley,--1924-2005--Juvenile literature.
African American legislators--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women legislators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Legislators--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--House--House--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American presidential candidates--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women presidential candidates--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Presidential candidates--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.

Contents:

Use It -- With Courage -- Our Places in the World -- Had to Read -- Alive With Activity -- Two Things -- Battling for a Better Bed-Study -- Key Woman -- Paso a Paso -- The Pepperpot -- Fighting Shirley Chisholm -- Tough, Baby -- Doing Her Thing -- Outrageous -- A Better Way -- Chizm for President -- To Make That Someday Come -- Paving the Way -- Voice Was Needed.

Summary:

"A biography of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first Black woman to run for president with a major political party"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

142637237X
9781426372377
1426372361
9781426372360

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1290247762

LCCN:

2021011555

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)