dref_1967 The DREF Sister Scholars’ National Reading Circle will host a virtual book discussion on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 7:30-9:00pm EST. This year’s event will feature SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN HER OWN WORDS, Speeches and Writings Edited by DREF Sister Scholar, Zinga A. Fraser, Ph.D. In the midst of her trailblazing twenty-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm once declared, “Everyone—with the exception of the Black woman herself—has been interpreting the Black woman.” Now, in this groundbreaking work edited by Zinga A. Fraser, the leading scholar dedicated to the study of Chisholm’s legacy, SHIRLEY CHISHOLM IN HER OWN WORDS gives readers a rare opportunity to engage with the late Congresswoman’s powerful ideas in her own voice. Though many Americans are familiar with Chisholm’s historical firsts—the first Black woman in Congress, the first woman and African American to run for president with either major party—this long-overdue treatment o...