Members of Congress await President Joe Biden to sign “The Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act” into law to honor the late congresswoman. (Credit: AP Photo/ James Palmer) On Dec. 5 ...

Shirley Chisholm in 1972. Photo by Warren K. Leffler via Library of Congress [/caption] Former Congress Member Ed Towns Jr.

Harris’ signature instructed the United States Congress ... Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act at the U.S. Capitol, Monday, December 9, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Official White House ...

Under a photo of eleven ragtag people—including ... Thanks to the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, there is somewhere right now another straight-backed, brilliant, outspoken little girl planning ...

stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ...

Bipartisan legislation to honor the late Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman, became law last week, as the 118th Congress winds down with a final flurry of bills.

Today, Congress awarded my dear friend and mentor Shirley Chisholm with the highest award Congress can bestow – the Congressional Gold Medal. Mrs. C, thank you for being unbought and unbossed ...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite ... posthumously to her mentor and friend Shirley Chisholm, another trailblazer — the first Black woman elected to Congress, joining in 1969, who went on to ...

With Butler, Lee teamed up to pass one of the final bills of the 118th Congress, awarding the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to her mentor and friend Shirley Chisholm, another trailblazer ...