A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics

by Juanita Tolliver

From an MSNBC Political Analyst, a riveting account of the legendary party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign, which changed the playing field for Black women in politics.

In 1972, New York Representative Shirley Chisholm broke the ice in American politics when she became the first Black woman to run for president of the United States. Chisholm left behind a coalition-building model personified...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538770229
• ISBN13: 9781538770221
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Legacy Lit
• Length: 224 Pages