The True History Behind Netflix's 'Shirley' Movie

Ellen Wexler Assistant Editor, Humanities During her 1968 congressional campaign, Shirley Chisholm was at home in New York City when she heard a knock. Outside her door, she found a woman holding a dirty envelope full of nickels, dimes and quarters—campaign contributions, the visitor explained. She and her friends had raised $9.62. “Their gesture moved me to tears,” Chisholm later recalled. It also fortified her…