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 ...

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 ...

There is still time to vote for Shirley Chisholm. An exhibit exploring the life and work of the Brooklyn politician in celebration of her 100th birthday offers visitors to the Museum of the City of ...

Shirley Chisholm (Rep. N.Y.) announcing her candidacy for the presidency in Brooklyn, New York on Jan. 25, 1972. Jim Wells / AP She was born in Brooklyn in 1924 and was 80 when she died in 2005.

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.

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born in Brooklyn in 1924, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados. After she was elected in 1968, she served seven terms in Congress representing Brooklyn's 12 ...

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 ...

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) — New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) is making significant progress on the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush ...