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

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

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Additional authors
  1. Abrams, Stacey
Description
  1. 144 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm'
Subject
  1. Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005 > Juvenile literature
  2. Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005
  3. United States. Congress. House > Biography > Juvenile literature
  4. United States. Congress. House
  5. United States. Congress
  6. African American legislators > Biography > Juvenile literature
  7. Women legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  8. Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  9. African American presidential candidates > Biography > Juvenile literature
  10. African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature
  11. African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
  12. Women presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  13. Presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
  14. African Americans
  15. African American women
  16. African American legislators
  17. African American presidential candidates
  18. Legislators
  19. Presidential candidates
  20. Women legislators
  21. Women presidential candidates
  22. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
  23. New York (N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile literature
  24. New York (State) > New York
  25. New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
  26. United States
  27. New York (State) > Kings County
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies.
  2. Juvenile works.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Sc E 23-665
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.
Audience (note)
  1. Ages 8-14.
  2. Grades 4-6.
Author
  1. Bolden, Tonya, author.
Title
  1. Speak up, speak out! : the extraordinary life of "fighting Shirley Chisholm" / Tonya Bolden ; with a foreword by Stacey Abrams.
Publisher
  1. Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2022]
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.
Audience
  1. Ages 8-14. National Geographic.
  2. Grades 4-6. National Geographic.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Abrams, Stacey, writer of foreword.
LCCN
  1. 2021011555
ISBN
  1. 9781426372360 (hardcover)
  2. 1426372361 (hardcover)
  3. 9781426372377 (library binding)
  4. 142637237X (library binding)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 23-665
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