Shirley Chisholm had a spirit unlike any other. She was a woman of many firsts: the first Black woman to be elected into Congress and the first Black woman to run for president. Nicknamed ...

Shirley Chisholm passed away in 2005 at age 80, but her influence endures. As the legislation heads to President Biden’s desk for signature, her story remains a beacon of hope, inspiring ...

D.C. parents are advocating for a new Spanish immersion program to be added to the city's public schools, citing a lack of ...

Shirley Chisholm’s fierce independence was underscored by the tagline “Unbought and Unbossed,” which she adopted for her 1972 presidential ... Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm: Arts and ...

Congress passes legislation to honor Shirley Chisholm with Congressional Gold Medal. Honoring her groundbreaking contributions to American politics.

President Joe Biden signed the “Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act” last week posthumously honoring Chisholm, who died in 2005, with Congress’s highest award.

VP Kamala Harris honors Shirley Chisholm with historic Congressional Gold Medal bill signing. The vice president's signature instructs Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first Black ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A local hero is being honored by New York City. The City Council passed a resolution on Monday to dub Nov. 30 as Shirley Chisholm Day. The move comes just before Chisholm’s ...

MIAMI Shirley Chisholm, an advocate for minority rights who became the first black woman elected to Congress and later the first black person to seek a major party's nomination for the U.S. presidency ...

The signing ceremony. On Dec. 9, 2024, Vice President Harris proudly signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act on Capitol Hill. During the ceremony, she also swore in Senators ...

For her part Chisholm said she was “the candidate of the people of America”. Like Ms Harris, whose father is from Jamaica, Chisholm, born in Brooklyn 100 years ago next month, had Caribbean roots.