In 1969, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black U.S. congresswoman at 44 years old. The Brooklyn representative’s objection to her assignment on the agriculture committee reads today as a justified ...

The movie follows Chisholm’s historic presidential run as she overcomes obstacles, including racism and misogyny. The film also explores Shirley’s relationship with Alabama’s segregationist ...

Shirley Chisholm at 100" exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. She was born in Brooklyn in 1924 and was 80 when she died in 2005. "Shirley Chisholm was unbought and unbossed. She had a ...

Shirley Chisholm will be honored with the highest award in Congress through the Congressional Gold Medal Act. President Biden ...