A report by Jared McCallister for the New York Daily News.
All the victorious women headed into Washington after winning in last month’s midterm elections owe some thanks to Chisholm — the first black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. She was born in Brooklyn. Her mother hailed from Barbados and her father was born in colonial British Guiana, which became the nation of Guyana.
The Associated Press reported that “The Fighting Shirley Chisholm,” starring Davis, will be directed by Maggie Betts for Amazon Studios. The screenplay comes from “Silicon Valley” writer Adam Countee. The Hollywood website Deadline broke the news about the film.
Never knew she had Caribbean roots.