‘Mrs. America’ Director Amma Asante on That Shirley Chisholm Episode

Groundbreaking Hulu series ‘Mrs. America’ delves into the erasure of Black women’s work

Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm in episode 3 of “Mrs. America” on FX. Photo: Sabrina Lantos/FX

At first glance, it’s easy to dismiss Mrs. America, FX’s nine-part series tackling the women’s movement of the 1970s, as not being for us. It stars Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah…