This November 30 will mark what would have been Shirley Chisholm’s 100th birthday.
Ahead of her birthday, people are remembering and discovering the trailblazing politician who shook up the nation with her historic run for president in 1972.
“She was an ordinary person like you and me doing extraordinary things,” Ingrid Griffith said.
Griffith says the late, former congresswoman inspired her to write and star in a one-woman show called ” Unbossed & Unbowed, ” centered around Chisholm’s extraordinary life. The show is a labor of love that’s very close to Griffith, as she shares familiar roots with Chisholm in Guyana.
“I remember my mom having like Essence magazine and Jet and I would see her face. I knew who she was, but not as much as I thought,” she recounted.
But Griffith would become curious about Chisholm, and after years of research and listening to tons of audiotapes, the actor-writer created the show as a beautiful portrayal of an icon who opened so many doors to future women leaders.