Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress. She was known for supporting civil rights and women's rights.

She ran for president, defied expectations, and championed justice. Now her powerful legacy is etched into Buffalo’s ...

His courtroom victories dismantled pieces of Jim Crow brick by brick, setting the legal precedent for broader civil rights gains ... In 1968, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first Black ...

With performances, scholarship awards and a speech from Jesse Jackson Jr., the West County Democrats celebrated the life and ...

Don’t miss this award-winning solo show created and performed by Ingrid Griffith, telling the largely unheard story of ...

Shirley Chisholm’s childhood reveals how race and gender were meant to limit her, yet she chose to fight for the disenfranchised, overcoming immense barriers to rise in politics. Unbossed and Unbowed ...

The Freedom Rides were probably, during that period, among the most dangerous aspects of the civil rights movement ... The first black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, had recently run for ...

Murfreesboro native and former Hertford County Deputy Sheriff Aqeel T. Ash-Shakoor returns to the hit TV police drama Law & ...

THE Irish hip hop trio Kneecap must be doing something right. They have been roundly condemned by Scotland’s First Minister, the UK ...