Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman, became law last week, as ...

After her retirement from Congress in 1983 ... especially artists of color, to capture Shirley Chisholm’s dynamism and fearlessness in the face of the status quo. I look forward to working ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children’s Museum, in the very neighborhood she would later champion in Congress,” said Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of Brooklyn Children ...

a New Yorker named Shirley Chisholm – who in 1968 had made history as the first Black woman elected to Congress – sought the Democratic nomination for president. With scant resources and ...

Although a small number of African-Americans hold Congressional seats before her, Chisholm is the first black woman to be elected to the body. She is also the first woman, and the first person of ...

Do you remember the Million Man March? What about “Wee Pals” or Shirley Chisholm running for president? Do you remember the Million Man March? What about “Wee Pals” or Shirley Chisholm ...

A Buffalo cultural committee has announced that local artist Julia Bottoms will be designing a bronze statue honoring the late Shirley Chisholm ... to be elected to Congress, where she served ...

Award-winning playwright Ingrid Griffith will perform her solo show Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed ... woman to be elected to the United States Congress and run for U.S. President.