Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! Local and working through intergenerational trauma

and working through intergenerational trauma

predatory business deals and calculated political influence

and power are everything

” which was the only way forward for him and his family—and is the only way forward for America as a multiracial democracy

Shirley Chisholm is a Verb! Local and working through intergenerational traumaA timely picture book biography about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States. Shirley Chisholm famously said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." This dynamic biography illuminates how Chisholm was a doer, an active and vocal participant in our nation's democracy, and a force to be reckoned with. Now young readers will learn