What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in <em>Shirley</em>, Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Ellin SteinWhat’s Fact and What’s Fiction in <em>Shirley</em>, Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic Ellin Stein The Netflix biopic follows Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Here’s what’s truth and what’s bluster. <img src="https://compote.slate.com/images/bb602e88-20ad-45ab-a9af-48a21120592e.jpeg?crop=1560,1040,x0,y0" title="What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in <em>Shirley</em>, Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm Biopic" /> 

The Netflix biopic follows Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Here’s what’s truth and what’s bluster.

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