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Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, was an outspoken changemaker and a political icon. In Shirley, Netflix’s biopic detailing many of Chisholm’s historic moments ...
New York Public Library· Shirley Chisholm Victory Night The 58 reels in the Shirley Chisholm 1968 Congressional Campaign audio collection tells her story in the month leading up to the election.
Shirley Chisholm poses with her staff in her Washington, D.C. office in 1970. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Shirley Chisholm holding a copy of The Congressional Record in 1970.
Ap Photo/Netflix In 1972, Brooklyn congresswoman Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman elected to Congress — became the first Black woman to seek the presidential nomination from a major party.
On Jan. 25, 1972, Rep. Shirley Chisholm of New York stood on a platform in a Baptist church in her congressional district in Brooklyn. Behind a dozen microphones, she waved to the crowd and took a ...
Well, I want to talk about Shirley Chisholm's arrival in Washington, D.C., in 1969, right? First Black woman comes into Congress, representing Bed-Stuy, a neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Politics February 14, 2022 Honoring Shirley Chisholm and the History She Made 50 Years Ago “It was because of Shirley Chisholm, I am, and because of Shirley Chisholm, Kamala Harris is,” said ...
Like George C. Wolfe’s superior film Rustin (also on Netflix), which blends its subject’s personal life with the planning and execution of a specific project (the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and ...
The Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute’s Awards Ceremony will be held virtually — via Zoom — on Nov. 5, starting at 6 p.m. It is named for Chisholm, who died in 2005 at age 80, and remains ...
A Shirley Chisholm statue could be coming inside the Capitol. With Democrats in the House and Senate, yet few women of color are represented in the Capitol, there seems to be a void.