August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights icon, labor rights champion, and one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at 94. The Missouri trailblazer served 32 years in ...

In the case of the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center, the city partnered with Architects Studio Gang and Consigli Construction, which is leading the build.

(New York), William Dawson (Illinois), Charles Diggs and John Conyers (both from Michigan) and Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman ever elected to Congress.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. said the Braves threatened to throw at his head over sign stealing Andrew Joseph For The Win ...

The post Founding Congressional Black Caucus Member Bill Clay Sr. Dies At 94 appeared first on Blavity. Former Rep. William “Bill” Clay Sr., D-Mo., a trailblazing civil rights leader, Missouri’s first ...

When Robin Roesch moved to Capitol Hill in 2018, she knew almost nothing about the nearby elementary school she’d eventually send her daughters. Over the years, Shirley Chisholm Elementary ...

JFK, RFK, MLK, Shirley Chisholm, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and hundreds more raised our consciousness and made an indelible impression on us.

In a dazzling display of sisterhood and empowerment, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (DST) recently announced a powerhouse lineup of influential women: Donna ...

She’s most recently been working on ‘The Fighting Shirley Chisholm’ playing Chisholm, who became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968.

BIANCULLI: The first part of "Dear Ms." recounts the early feminist voices championed by the magazine, such as Shirley Chisholm, the first woman to run for president of the United States, and ...

Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was out of the lineup for Sunday's Subway Series finale against the Mets with a shoulder issue.