This memoir is Shirley Chisholm’s account of her remarkable rise from a young girl in Brooklyn to become America’s first African-American Congresswoman. She eventually became the first Black major-party candidate to run for President of the United States. Her slogan was “Unbought and Unbossed.”

Chisholm’s campaign against Senator George McGovern in 1972 was about fighting poverty and discrimination, protecting the environment, and uniting a nation that was divided by the Vietnam War. You can watch the trailer for the documentary Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed.

You can access an ebook of Unbought and Unbossed with a Penn State Account.