PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A one-woman show coming to West Philadelphia tells the story of a historical figure often left out of history books. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first ...

Gloria Steinem spoke to an audience about collaboration, challenging the status quo and creating institutions led by women.

Brooklyn Borough Hall President Antonio Reynoso hosted an event honoring the legacy of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 provides a catalyst for change in the political establishment. Although a small number of African-Americans hold Congressional seats before her, Chisholm is the first ...

It was a shocking turn of events in American politics, broadcast on major networks like CNN. “President Joe Biden has just announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, in a ...

SEATTLE — It’s no accident that new movie “Shirley” is coming out in a general election year. The Netflix film focuses on the historic and improbable presidential run of Shirley Chisholm.

Award-winning playwright Ingrid Griffith will perform her solo show Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed at the New Federal Theatre's Ancestral Voices Solo Festival February 27-28 and March 1-2 at ...

Hazel N. Dukes, president of the NAACP’s New York State conference, and past national president of the NAACP, in New York, Aug. 23, 2017. – AP Photo / Craig Ruttle Race and Ethnicity writer Kat ...

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 ...

An announcement has been made that a statue in the honor of Shirley Chisholm will “come to life” in the year 2022. Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected to Congress, where she ...

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 ...