Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance programs like WIC. After a ...

At a glance, Shirley Chisholm's 1972 campaign for president was the definition of quixotic. She was 47 years old; at the time, she had served only one term (starting in 1968) as the first Black ...

Barbara Lee, whose relationship with Chisholm was depicted in the Netflix 2024 biopic “Shirley,” came to know the New York lawmaker as president of the Black Student Union at Mills College.

Kamala Harris, the first female, first Black, and first Asian-American Vice President, credited Chisholm with paving the way for her career. “We stand on the shoulders of Shirley Chisholm ...

An exhibit exploring the life and work of Shirley Chisholm offers visitors a chance to operate a 1972 voting booth.

Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968, and the first woman and African American to run ...

On Jan. 25, 1972, at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York, Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for president of the United States, becoming the first African American to ...

In March 2024, director John Ridley released “Shirley,” a biopic about Shirley Chisholm, the first Black congresswoman and ...

Shirley Chisholm speaks at a podium at the Democratic ... Is America ready for a Black and Indian woman as president? This question has dominated the public conversation since Biden announced ...

Sally Hemmings Three U.S. presidents have allegedly fathered illegitimate children with slaves. The most well-known and ...

Dr. Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, Founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute and Former President of the Buffalo School Board, said, “The Honorable Shirley Chisholm was one of the most ...

“Shirley Chisholm was an iconoclast who refused to ... but also the style and soul of a person,” said Joseph Dispenza, President of Forest Lawn Cemetery. “Young, local sculptor Julia Bottoms ...