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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A one-woman show coming to West Philadelphia tells the story of a historical figure often left out of history books. In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first ...

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old East New York man in connection with the attempted rape of a 51-year-old woman at Shirley Chisholm State Park in Sept. 2023, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s ...

Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman, became law last week, as the 118th Congress winds down with a final flurry of bills.

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 ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — AN EAST NEW YORK MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED RAPE and other charges for a September 2023 incident that took place at Shirley Chisholm State Park, Brooklyn District ...

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