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 ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT From 1969 to 1983, Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress — represented New York's 12th district, or Bedford-Stuyvesant. This movie ...

She represented New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms, from 1969 to 1983, according to the National Archives. Known as “Fighting Shirley,” Chisholm introduced more than 50 ...

NEW YORK-- Shirley Chisholm, New York's pioneering congresswoman from Brooklyn, was honored Saturday on what would have been her 100th birthday. Nov. 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York City ...

She represented Brooklyn’s 12th Congressional ... “As a native New Yorker, Shirley Chisholm dedicated much of her life to ...

“Shirley Chisholm spoke to the issues and represented the values that I always had but never realized that any elected ...

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This staid biopic of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, is less interested in what she did than what she represented. By Devika Girish When you purchase a ticket ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — SHIRLEY CHISHOLM ... which includes much of the same area that Chisholm represented during her time in Congress. Elected in 1968, she served 12 terms from 1969-1982 in ...

Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972 ... of individuals from minority groups that felt often dismissed or not represented within the two-party system and that [they] needed a place ...

Shirley Chisholm dedicates a playground name for ... led the Democrat to Congress just four years later. Chisholm, who represented an area in Brooklyn that included Bedford–Stuyvesant for ...