Shirley Chisholm in her own words : speeches and writings / edited with an introduction by Zinga A. Fraser.

Author/creator Chisholm, Shirley author.
Other author Fraser, Zinga A., 1976- editor.
Format Book
PublicationOakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
Description289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- The need for a new thrust in education today -- The daycare dilemma -- Closing remarks, "Black Studies and Women's Studies : an overdue partnership" -- The Black struggle for excellence in education -- People and peace, not profits and war (remarks on Vietnam) -- The Black as a colonized man -- On captive nations week -- Presidential Campaign Position Paper No. 1 : foreign aid -- Presidential Campaign Position Paper No. 2 : the Middle East crisis -- Presidential Campaign Position Paper No. 4 : equality of commitment : Africa -- The Attica Prison uprising : a national tragedy and disgrace -- Presidential Campaign Position Paper No. 5 : justice in America -- Racism and polarization -- On busing desegregation -- Presidential Campaign Position Paper No. 8 : housing -- The White press : sexist and racist -- U.S. policy and Black refugees -- A government that cannot hear the people -- Presidential campaign announcement -- The politics of coalition -- Politics is every Black woman's business -- Equal rights for women -- Economic justice for women -- I'd rather be Black than female -- Facing the abortion question -- Race, revolution, and women -- The Black woman in contemporary America -- Address to the Conference of Black and Latin Women in Art & Politics -- The viability of Black women in politics -- Progress through understanding -- Lowering the voting age to 18 -- Youth and America's future -- Land of our birth.
Abstract "In the midst of her groundbreaking career in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm once declared, 'Everyone--with the exception of the black woman herself--has been interpreting the black woman.' Edited by the leading scholar dedicated to the study of Chisholm's legacy, Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words gives readers a rare opportunity to engage with the Congresswoman's powerful ideas through the power of her own voice. The introduction by Dr. Zinga A. Fraser, Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism and author of a forthcoming book on Chisholm and Black Congressional women's political legacy, provides insight into Chisholm's role as a public intellectual and Black feminist during the Civil Rights and Black Power era"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Shirley Chisholm in her own words Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024] 9780520387003
Genre/formspeeches (documents)
Genre/formSpeeches.
Genre/formDiscours.
LCCN 2024007623
ISBN9780520386983
ISBN0520386981 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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