*“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Few political declarations capture the spirit of Shirley Chisholm quite like that one. The pioneering Black congresswoman understood that waiting for the powerful to make room for you was no substitute for claiming your place—and that lesson remains strikingly relevant as …

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