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 ...

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 ...

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

The City Council passed a resolution on Monday to dub Nov. 30 as Shirley Chisholm Day. The move comes just before Chisholm’s 100th birthday on Nov. 30 of this year. The resolution introduced by ...

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 ...

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