For a passion project, Shirley is mysteriously lacking in enthusiasm, never reaching the heights of Uzo Aduba’s wonderful Emmy-winning portrayal of Chisholm in 2020’s Mrs. America.

Glen Wilson/Netflix“Remarkable” almost doesn’t feel like a big enough word to quantify Shirley Chisholm. The Brooklyn-born politician was not only the first Black woman ever to be elected to ...

Chisholm, who died in 2005 at 80, made history in 1968 as the first African-American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District.

Regina King discusses playing Rep. Shirley Chisholm in her new Netflix film "Shirley." The brand-new biopic "Shirley" spotlights the remarkable story of a presidential candidate and political ...

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP ...

It would need all of that for King to work. But at the time, we all watched Chisholm, and King is not at all a carbon copy. Reina King, Regina’s sister, does well as Shirley’s sister, Muriel ...

As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to become the first woman of color to accept the Democratic presidential nomination this week, another trailblazing woman politician, Shirley Chisholm, is ...

If Harris' campaign is the coconut, then Shirley Chisholm is the biggest branch which grows from a tall trunk grown strong from a decades-long sisterhood of activists, intellectuals, organizers ...

With a nod to her mentor Shirley Chisholm, ... Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite ... She works with the organization Representation Matters to support women of color running ...