The late trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm has been awarded Congress' highest honor. On Thursday (December 12), President Joe Biden signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act, ...

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted "The Chisholm Effect," an event at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum that brought civil leaders together to honor the life and legacy of Congresswoman ...

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 ...

A Buffalo cultural committee has announced that local artist Julia Bottoms will be designing a bronze statue honoring the late Shirley Chisholm. Back in October, we posted that the search was on ...

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Center for Equity and Inclusion, and the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environmentfor our Artist Spotlight: Transforming Communities through ...

The Netflix film focuses on the historic and improbable presidential run of Shirley Chisholm. She was the first black woman elected to the United States congress, and in 1972 she also became the ...