A More Perfect Party
One legendary party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 presidential campaign, which changed the playing field for Black women in politics.
What People Are Saying
A More Perfect Party is a beautifully written political-social page turner, full of hope, glamour, the triumphs and failures of race and gender allyship, and most of all, the audacity to believe a Black woman could be the president of the United States of America.”
Joy-Ann Reid, host of the Joy Reid Show & New York Times bestselling author of Medgar and Myrlie
“A must read for those in the work of movement and coalition building.”
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley“Juanita Tolliver is an incisive, vibrant, and increasingly prominent voice in today’s politics, and she brings her analytical lens and appreciation for history to A More Perfect Party.”
Ari Melber, host of MSNBC’s The Beat and MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent“I remember that day like it was yesterday. Juanita Tolliver’s gifted storytelling brings this historic encounter back to life in a way that has never been done before.”
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee“A More Perfect Party is the story of the historic presidential campaign of Shirley Chisholm, which turns out to be the story of the historic presidential campaign of Kamala Harris, which turns out to be the story of Black women and their historic campaigns to make America great for the first time ever. Black women can help us, if we'd only just let them.”
Elie Mystal, New York Times bestselling author of Allow Me to Retort