Who Was Shirley Chisholm? The True Story Behind Netflix's Shirley

Netflix movie Shirley tells the tale of Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the US Congress, whose subsequent run for the Democratic presidential nomination drew both admiration and disdain. But how much of the small-screen story is true?

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