Author, Host, &
Political Analyst
Juanita Tolliver is an Author, MSNBC Political Analyst, Opinion Contributor for theGrio, and a Contributor and Guest Host for Sirius XM Progress.
Her debut book, A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics, was released in January 2025 by Legacy Lit & Hachette Book Group.
Previously, Juanita served as Host of Crooked Media’s What A Day podcast, and as the Director of Campaigns at the Center for American Progress Action Fund where she advised presidential and congressional campaigns, and led policy advocacy campaigns. She is a graduate of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A More Perfect Party
A riveting account of the once-in-an-era party hosted by Diahann Carroll for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 presidential campaign, A More Perfect Party explores this monumental coming together of Huey P. Newton, Barbara Lee, Berry Gordy, David Frost, Flip Wilson, Goldie Hawn and others.
Buy your copy of A More Perfect Party from one of my favorite independent bookstores:
Mahogany Books (Washington, DC)
Baldwin & Co. (New Orleans)
Black Garnet Books (Saint Paul)
Lately On Air…
Discussing my new book, “A More Perfect Party” with Ari Melber
Discussing what Democrats can Learn from Kendrick Lamar’s “They not like us”
Discussing my new book, “A More Perfect Party,” on Morning Joe
Discussing Shirley Chisholm's Instructions for Democrats
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