Anastasia C. Curwood

Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics -- Anastasia C. Curwood, Hardcover

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Shaking up New York and national politics by becoming the first African American congresswoman and, later, the first Black major-party presidential candidate, Shirley Chisholm left an indelible mark as an "unbought and unbossed" firebrand and a leader in politics for meaningful change. Chisholm spent her formative years moving between Barbados and Brooklyn, and the development of her political orientation did not follow the standard narratives of the civil rights or feminist establishments. Rather, Chisholm arrived at her Black feminism on her own path, making signature contributions to U.S. politics as an inventor and practitioner of Black feminist power--the vantage point centering Black girls and women in the movement that sought to transform political power into a broadly democratic force.

Anastasia C. Curwood interweaves Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life. In so doing, Curwood suggests new truths for understanding the social movements of Chisholm's time and the opportunities she forged for herself through multicultural, multigenerational, and cross-gender coalition building.



Author: Anastasia C. Curwood
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 472
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.06w x 1.57d
ISBN: 9781469671178

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/14/2022
Library Journal 12/01/2022 pg. 110
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Foreword 12/27/2022

Product Tags:

African American & Black, American, Anastasia C. Curwood, Biography & Autobiography, Cultural/ Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Hardcover, Legislators - United States, Social Science, University of North Carolina Press, Women

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