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Not done yet Shirley Chisholm's fight for change

"Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"--

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Main Author:	Brown, Tameka Fryer (Author)
Other Authors:	Crews, Nina (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
Subjects:	Chisholm, Shirley, > 1924-2005 > Juvenile nonfiction. African American legislators > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Women legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. African American presidential candidates > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Women presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Presidential candidates > United States > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. New York (N.Y.) > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Biographies > Juvenile. Picture books. Creative nonfiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"Stirring free verse chronicles Shirley Chisholm's fight for fairness and change on her journey to becoming the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and, in 1972, the first woman to seriously run for president"--
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:	Ages 5-10 Grades 2-3
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781728420080 1728420083
Author Notes:	Tameka Fryer Brown is an award-winning picture book author. Her titles include Brown Baby Lullaby, That Flag, and My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood which was Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and a CCBC Choices Best Book. Her work is also featured in the anthology We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices . Tameka lives in North Carolina with her children. Author and illustrator, Nina Crews uses collage to create distinctive picture books. Her first book, One Hot Summer Day, was published in 1995 and is still in print today. Her titles include A Girl Like Me, Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright, The Neighborhood Mother Goose, and Below . Her work has been selected by ALA's Notable committee, the JuniorLibrary Guild, NCTE, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Bank Street College of Education, and others. She is the daughter of children's book authors and illustrators Donald Crews and Ann Jonas. Nina lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and son.