Viola Davis Will Portray Shirley Chisholm, the First Black Woman Elected to Congress

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Amazon Studios has won a "fierce bidding war" for the rights to a new series on Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, according to Deadline, with Oscar winner Viola Davis set to play the legendary New York representative.

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