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

About the author:

Juanita Tolliver is an MSNBC political analyst, an opinion contributor for TheGrio, and a contributor for SiriusXM Progress. Previously, she served as the director of campaigns at the Center for American Progress. She is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

About the book:

A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics spotlights the legendary party hosted by legendary actress and singer Diahann Carroll for New York Representative Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign (the first such campaign for a Black woman), which changed the playing field for Black women in politics. Zooming in on one party attendee per chapter, A More Perfect Party brings this whimsical event out of the margins of history to demonstrate that there is an opportunity for all of us to fight for a better nation and return power to the people.

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