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.
- Published by
- Washington, DC : National Geographic, [2022]
- Author
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- 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.
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-141) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 8-14.
- Grades 4-6.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2021011555
- ISBN
- 9781426372360 (hardcover)
- 1426372361 (hardcover)
- 9781426372377 (library binding)
- 142637237X (library binding)
- Research call number
- Sc E 23-665