Shirley Chisholm Dared
The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
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Publisher Description
Discover the inspiring story of the first black woman elected to Congress and to run for president in this picture book biography from a Newbery Honor-winning author and a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning illustrator.
Meet Shirley, a little girl who asks way too many questions! After spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical. And as a young adult, she fights against the injustice she sees around her, against women and black people. Soon she is running for state assembly...and winning in a landslide. Three years later, she is on the campaign trail again, as the first black woman to run for Congress. Her slogan? "Fighting Shirley Chisholm--Unbought and Unbossed!" Does she win? You bet she does.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this informative, accessible picture book biography, Newbery Honoree Williams profiles Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005), presenting her Brooklyn beginnings; her six years growing up in Barbados; and her subsequent education and fight to join the New York State Assembly and then Congress. Employing an italicized refrain of others' judgments throughout Chisholm's life ("That young lady is rebellious!"), Williams relays the various challenges and achievements Chisholm faced at each stage: "Politicians keep making promises. Yet nothing changes./ So Shirley steps her white oxford heels back into politics." Acrylic and mixed media collage art by Harrison has a multilayered, folk art sensibility, featuring textures, angles, and expressive figures of differing skin tones. A solid primer on a Black political visionary. Back matter includes an author's note. Ages 4–8.
