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.
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