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Speak up, speak out! : the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm"

Title
Speak up, speak out! : the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm" / Tonya Bolden ; with a foreword by Stacey Abrams.
Author
Bolden, Tonya
Publication
Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2022]

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Additional Authors
Abrams, Stacey
Description
144 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 24 cm
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"--
Alternative Title
Extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm'
Subject
  • Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 > Juvenile literature
  • Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
  • United States. Congress. House > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • United States. Congress. House
  • United States. Congress
  • African American legislators > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Women legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • African American presidential candidates > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Women presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • Presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • African Americans
  • African American women
  • African American legislators
  • African American presidential candidates
  • Legislators
  • Presidential candidates
  • Women legislators
  • Women presidential candidates
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • New York (N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
  • New York (State) > New York
  • New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
  • United States
  • New York (State) > Kings County
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Juvenile works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 8-14.
  • Grades 4-6.
Contents
Use it -- With courage -- Our places in the world -- Had to read -- Alive with activity -- Two things -- Battling for a better Bed-Stuy -- 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.
Call Number
Sc E 23-665
ISBN
  • 9781426372360
  • 1426372361
  • 9781426372377
  • 142637237X
LCCN
2021011555
OCLC
1248598899
Author
Bolden, Tonya, author.
Title
Speak up, speak out! : the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm" / Tonya Bolden ; with a foreword by Stacey Abrams.
Publisher
Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2022]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.
Audience
Ages 8-14. National Geographic.
Grades 4-6. National Geographic.
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Abrams, Stacey, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-665
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