It’s Friday morning, so take a few minutes and Take 5 with GPS. This morning GPS shares an inspirational figure to so many in the U.S. and beyond, American politician, educator, and author, Shirley Chisholm. Our musical pairing is “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” by Smokey Robinson and Robert Rogers as made popular by the Temptations.
Learn More
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/unbought-and-unbossed-when-black-woman-ran-for-the-white-house-180958699/
- https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CHISHOLM,-Shirley-Anita-(C000371)/
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm
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