“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children’s Museum, in the very neighborhood she would later champion in Congress,” said Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of ...

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 ...

Simple Civics. Shirley Chisholm and the Fight for Political Equality. 2/18/2025 | 3m 34s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Learn how America's first Black congresswoman broke barriers and ran for ...

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 ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN to serve in Congress, was given a double honor recently in time for the centennial of her birth. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-08), the ...

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 ...