Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed – A Timely Tribute on the Eve of a Historic Election

Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta VoiceWith the historic 2024 Presidential election just days away on November 5, The Synchronicity Theatre presents Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, a one-woman play starring and directed by Ingrid Griffith that delves into the life of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to run for the U.S. presidency in 1972.The show exploring the details of Chisholm’s life that are unknown to the general public focuses on not just her but Chisholm’s Father, Charles Christopher St. Hill, who served under the Marcus Garvey movement and how that affected her upbringing and subsequently her adult life as a politician. Wanting to tell Chisholm’s life as a real human, Griffith reflected on her first encounter with Chisholm’s story after not knowing very much about her, “I didn’t know her story fully, not even half of it, not even a quarter. After seeing a documentary about her, maybe 10 years ago, I said, ‘I wonder what else I don’t know about her?’ I was curious to know her circumstances, where she was from, and her family background. She made it so far in the election—over 50 years ago! It was astonishing.”That curiosity led Griffith down a rabbit hole of...