Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 run for president is the subject of the Netflix biopic, “Shirley,” that was released on March 22, 2024.

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black major-party ... spoke of the history-making Black political figures who ... ending with a clip from Chisholm’s historic 1972 speech announcing her ...

January 25, 1972. Chisholm announced her entry into the Democratic presidential primary, making her the first woman and the first African American to campaign for the presidency through a major ...

Regina King gets an opportunity to show off her considerable talents in Shirley (now on Netflix), a biodrama about a mid-century trailblazer in U.S. politics. She plays Shirley Chisholm, the first ...

Shirley Chisholm, New York's ... Rep. Shirley Chisholm, D-NY, talks during a speech in San Francisco while campaigning for the U.S. Presidency. ... "Making a megaphone to make your voice heard, ...

Lee, a Chisholm mentee, reflects on the enduring legacy of the history-making congresswoman on her 100th birthday. No one has ...

November 30, 2024 would have been Chisholm's 100th birthday. While the history that she has made in the United States is well known, her time and impact in Barbados are now being highlighted.

Nov. 30 was Shirley Chisholm Day in New York, and it’s about time New York, the nation, and indeed the world celebrate this Black woman, the first to be elected ...

Making multiple stops, she regularly kicked off her remarks by saying, ‘This is Fighting Shirley Chisholm,’” as NPR has reported. Chisholm soundly defeated Farmer by more than a “2-to-1 ...

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 ...