This week we're going back to 1972 with Shirley! Join us as we learn about Barbara Lee, Shirley Chisholm's meeting with George Wallace, the 1972 Democratic Convention, the equal time rule, and more! Note: Due to some microphone-related technical difficulties, this episode has some audio quality issues, but those will be resolved in our next episode.
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PBS: Equal Time Rule: https://www.pbs.org/standards/media-law-101/candidate-appearances/
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/03/archives/u-s-court-rules-mrs-chisholm-must-receive-equal-time-on-tv.html
Debra Michals, "Shirley Chisholm," National Women's History Museum: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/13/archives/court-refuses-to-review-fcc-equal-time-ruling.html
"Life Story: Barbara Lee," Women and the American Story, available at https://wams.nyhistory.org/end-of-the-twentieth-century/the-information-age/barbara-lee/
A Conversation with Barbara Lee, JFK Library, available at https://www.jfklibrary.org/node/392391
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/shirley-chisholm-to-kamala-harris/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/10/the-radical-and-the-racist/497510/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-a-failed-assassination-attempt-pushed-george-wallace-to-reconsider-his-segregationist-views-180980063/
https://lithub.com/shirley-chisholm-on-why-she-ran-for-president/
https://www.vogue.com/article/how-shirley-chisholm-made-history-at-the-1972-democratic-national-convention
https://www.politico.com/story/2008/08/flashback-the-1972-democratic-convention-012848
Clara Bingham, "A Feminist Oral History of the 1972 Democratic National Convention," from The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973. https://lithub.com/a-feminist-oral-history-of-the-1972-democratic-national-convention/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/June-8/shirley-chisholm-visits-opponent-george-wallace-in-hospital
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shirley
Dominic Griffin, "'Shirley' is a Tragedy Presented as a Triumph," Baltimore Beat, https://baltimorebeat.com/shirley-is-a-tragedy-presented-as-a-triumph/
Nicholas Quah, "Shirley Never Matches the Power of Its Subject," Vulture https://www.vulture.com/article/netflixs-shirley-chisholm-biopic-never-does-her-justice.html
