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.

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first woman – and the first Black candidate – to seek a major party’s nomination for the presidential office. ... Arthur Hardwick, Jr., ...

Her 1949 marriage to Conrad Chisholm ended in divorce in February, 1977. Later that year she wed Arthur Hardwick Jr., who died in 1986. She had no children. "She was a mouthpiece for the underdog, the ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and an outspoken advocate for women and minorities during seven terms in the House, died Saturday, friends said. She ...

New York City marked the inaugural Shirley Chisholm Day on Saturday – honoring the life and legacy of the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress on what would have been her ...

Called “Changing the Face of Democracy: Shirley Chisholm at 100,” the exhibit showcases the native Brooklynite’s life and political legacy until her death in 2005 at 80. It opened in July ...

Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance programs like WIC. After a successful term as congresswoman, Chisholm ran for president in 1972, ...

Shirley Chisholm (Rep. N.Y.), left, announcing her candidacy for the presidency in Brooklyn on Jan. 25, 1972. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Aug. 10.

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 ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN to serve in Congress, was given a double honor recently in time for the centennial of her birth. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-08), the ...

Chisholm faced criticism and threats after deciding to run for Congress. Still, the politician, known as "Fighting Shirley," ran on the slogan "Unbought and Unbossed," and won a seat in 1968.