*All About Shirley Chisholm/ I am Daring * Craft Break the mold and speak up for what you believe in.Dare to be different and do what’s never been done before.The book also features her famous slogan, “Fighting Shirley Chisholm-Unbought and Unbossed!” As a young adult, Shirley becomes an advocate for civil rights, eventually running for state assembly and then for Congress, where she becomes a trailblazer as the first black woman to run for Congress. The book follows Shirley from her childhood on her grandparents’ farm in Barbados, to her school years in Brooklyn, where she breaks the mold by excelling in school, breaking her mother’s curfew and playing jazz piano. Williams, and illustrated by a Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award-winner, April Harrison, tells the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to be elected to Congress and to run for president. This picture book biography, written by Newbery Honor-winning author, Alicia D. * ~Click here to purchase your own copy of “Shirley Chisholm Dared” ~*
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