She had *** spirit unlike any other Shirley. Chisholm was *** woman of ... Running as *** black woman wasn't easy. Chisholm had to sue her way into televised debates and survived three ...

star and director of the biopic Shirley which celebrates Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. CHISHOLM: I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country ...

Shirley Anita Chisholm (November 30, 1924–January 1, 2005) was the first Black woman elected to Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1969 to 1983. Chisholm served ...

Regina King gives a lively, convincing portrayal of pioneering U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in “Shirley ... particularly moving), that it’s easy to see why both her opponents ...

Samara Joy has taken a detour from jazz with her new song “Why I’m Here,” featured as part of the upcoming Netflix film “Shirley” about the first Black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

"Shirley," based on the first Black woman elected to Congress Shirley Chisholm has been creating buzz. The biopic, starring King as Chisholm, written and directed by John Ridley, dropped on ...

Read more opinions on theGrio. In 1969, then-freshman Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm predicted this political moment. During an interview with renowned English journalist David Frost on the orange ...

All you need is a dollar and a dream. Mayor Eric Adams and local elected officials toured the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, a $141 million project that is halfway complete. New ...

Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance programs like WIC. After a successful term as congresswoman, Chisholm ran for president in 1972 ...

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 ...

New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her ...

Shirley Chisholm had a spirit unlike any other. She was a woman of many firsts: the first Black woman to be elected into Congress and the first Black woman to run for president. Nicknamed ...