The Good Fight Audiobook Summary
The revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color–a work of immense historical importance that both captures and transcends its times, newly reissued to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of her campaign.
Before Kamala Harris, before Hillary Rodham Clinton there was Shirley Chisholm. In 1972, the Congresswoman from New York–the first Black woman elected to Congress–made history again when she announced her candidacy for President of the United States. Though she understood victory was a longshot, Chisholm chose to run “because someone had to do it first. . . . I ran because most people think the country is not ready for a black candidate, not ready for a woman candidate.”
In this invaluable political memoir, Chisholm reflects on her unique campaign and a nation at the crossroads of change. With the striking candor and straightforward style for which she was famous, Chisholm reveals the essential wheeling and dealing inherent to campaigning, castigates the innate conservatism and piety of the Black majority of the period, decries identity politics that lead to destructive power struggles within a fractious Democratic Party, and offers prescient advice on the direction of Black politics. From the whirlwind of the primaries to the final dramatic maneuvering at the tumultuous 1972 Democratic National Convention, The Good Fight is an invaluable portrait of twentieth-century politics and a Democratic Party in flux.
Most importantly, The Good Fight is the portrait of a reformer who dedicated her life to making politics work for all Americans. Chisholm saw her campaign as an extension of her political commitment; she ran as an idealist grounded in reality who used her opportunity and position to give voice to all the forgotten. This book bears the stamp of her remarkable personality and her commitment to speaking truth no matter the consequences.
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The Good Fight Audiobook Narrator
Marcella Cox is the narrator of The Good Fight audiobook that was written by Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1969 and was re-elected six times until she retired in 1983. While in office, she spoke out for civil rights and women’s rights, advocated for the poor, and opposed the Vietnam War. In 1972, she was the first African American person to run for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States. In 2015, she was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Chisholm wrote the autobiographical works Unbought and Unbossed (1970) and The Good Fight (1973).
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Shirley Chisholm is the author of The Good Fight
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The Good Fight Full Details
Narrator | Marcella Cox |
Length | 6 hours 38 minutes |
Author | Shirley Chisholm |
Publisher | HarperAudio |
Release date | November 08, 2022 |
ISBN | 9780063160859 |
Additional info
The publisher of the The Good Fight is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780063160859.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
Goodreads Reviews
Kelan
January 06, 2022
First, this book was not easy to get ahold of. There is a single copy in my state's library system in the statehouse in Boston and it cannot be checked out. I did find a copy of it in the library of the college I work at, though higher education's hoarding and gatekeeping of information is a discussion for outside of a GoodReads review. In the end, I was able to find a used copy online that didn't made me slightly wince at the price.The thing I appreciate most about this book is how candid Shirley Chisholm was about her run for President. "I ran because someone had to do it first." I don't know if this type of book would be considered radical in 1973, but a contemporary presidential candidate writing a about their campaign and where they had successes, failures, and room to grow in as much detail as she had, specifically, I think would shock the system. The thing about this book to me was that she wasn't writing this to market herself or for only her supporters; she was simply retelling the things that happened, passing down her story, in hopes that come 1976 or 1980 or so on that the next Black person, woman, or minoritized person to run for President would know that they could.
Thomas
July 27, 2014
Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm's account of her 1972 campaign for President. Her earlier memoir "Unbought and Unbossed" covered a lot of the same material about her political beliefs; this one is an insider's look at a bygone political process, with deft and often funny stories from the campaign trail. Chisolm probably wrote it to cover the huge personal debt that the she racked up by running the campaign, but that doesn't make it any less interesting.
Delores
November 14, 2022
Shirley Chisholm tells of her groundbreaking run for President of the United States. She points out the male chauvinism present in politics and the resistance of both the blacks and the whites. At the end she has printed her position papers on important concepts that still resonates today.
Mal
May 27, 2019
Written in 1973 by Presidential Candidate Shirley Chisholm, her words echo the political atmosphere of today. She is the candidate we deserve today, and every American should know her. Although she passed away in 2005, she has left us lessons in her work, in the example she set. She knew she would not win, but she still tried to beat the odds. She knew her campaign would be remarkable in its existence, even though her chances were slim. To fight for the American people, all of us, despite knowing you will likely lose, is true Patriotism. A modern candidate has yet to move me the way Shirley Chisholm does in this book.
Carl
January 25, 2023
The arguments she presented in 1972 are relevant and pertinent today. She spoke of issues like overaggressive policing, economic reform, and shadowy campaign funding in such a fluent and knowledgeable manner, I often checked to make sure the speeches were performed in the 1970s. It was amazing and sad. Sad that today we are dealing with issues that were identified more than 50 years ago. This book was so inspiring that I frantically looked for additional books by Ms. Chisholm. She is such a proud, unapologetic woman who was well ahead of her time.
Kylee
March 06, 2018
While still full of the wonderful anecdotes, powerful messages of social justice and devotion to equity, and just witty writing, The Good Fight is not quite as thrilling as Unbought and Unbossed. However, I would still recommend reading both memoirs back to back, as they present a really thrilling and inspirational read.
John
February 17, 2023
Good history on 72 and the Democratic Party
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