Research Catalog

Title

The good fight / Shirley Chisholm.

Author

Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005

Publication

• New York : AMISTAD, an Imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, 2022.
• ©1973

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Details

Description

xi, 268 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Summary

"In 1972, the Congresswoman from New York--the first Black woman elected to Congress--made history again when she announced her candidacy for President of the United States. Though she understood victory was a longshot, Chisholm chose to run "because someone had to do it first. . . . I ran because most people think the country is not ready for a black candidate, not ready for a woman candidate." In this invaluable political memoir, Chisholm reflects on her unique campaign and a nation at the crossroads of change. With the striking candor and straightforward style for which she was famous, Chisholm reveals the essential wheeling and dealing inherent to campaigning, castigates the innate conservatism and piety of the Black majority of the period, decries identity politics that lead to destructive power struggles within a fractious Democratic Party, and offers prescient advice on the direction of Black politics. From the whirlwind of the primaries to the final dramatic maneuvering at the tumultuous 1972 Democratic National Convention, The Good Fight is an invaluable portrait of twentieth-century politics and a Democratic Party in flux -- a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its time. Most important, it is the portrait of a fearless, outspoken reformer who dedicated her life to making politics work for all Americans." -- Publisher.

Series Statement

Amistad revival

Subject

• Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
• 1969-1974
• Presidents > United States > Election > 1972
• African American presidential candidates
• Women presidential candidates > United States
• African American women legislators
• Politics and government
• Presidents > Election
• Women presidential candidates
• Presidents
• United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974
• United States

Genre/Form

Autobiographies.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

The nomination -- After 1968 -- The kids -- Black politics -- Making up my mind -- Florida -- She's just a stalking-horse -- Wallace's shooting -- The last primary -- The convention -- McGovern and the campaign -- Black alternatives -- Coalition politics -- Looking both ways.

Call Number

Sc D 23-256

ISBN

• 9780063160828
• 006316082X

OCLC

1296116939

Author

Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005, author.

Title

The good fight / Shirley Chisholm.

Publisher

New York : AMISTAD, an Imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, 2022.

Copyright Date

©1973

Edition

First HarperCollins paperback.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Amistad revival

Biography

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1969 and was re-elected six times until she retired in 1983. While in office, she spoke out for civil rights and women's rights, advocated for the poor, and opposed the Vietnam War. In 1972, she was the first African American person to run for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. In 2015, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Chisholm wrote the autobiographical works Unbought and Unbossed (1970) and The Good Fight (1973).

Chronological Term

1969-1974

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-256