“Shirley Chisholm spoke to the issues and represented the values that I always had but never realized that any elected official could be out there, elected, speaking truth to power and not ...

Chandler-Waterman said Shirley Anita Chisholm (Nov. 30, 1924 – Jan. 1, 2005) was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. She said Chisholm represented New York's 12th ...

Read full article: Reinhart nets 30th goal, Maurice gets 900th win as Panthers ease past Blackhawks 5-1 WASHINGTON – Rep. Barbara Lee has always stood apart, a matter-of-fact renegade with a ...

Simone E. Morris reports on inclusive leadership for the workplace. Shirley Chisholm's legacy lives on and leaves us with inclusive leadership lessons to inspire us. We should pick up the baton ...

On Jan. 25, 1972, at the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York, Shirley Chisholm announced her candidacy for president of the United States, becoming the first African American to ...

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 ...

Tolliver's book A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics unpacks how a groundbreaking fundraiser by Chisholm and Carroll in 1972 brought together ...