In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first woman – and the first Black candidate – to seek a major party’s nomination for the presidential office. Ultimately, she made her way ...

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.

As the first Black woman elected to Congress, Shirley Chisholm made history in her lifelong struggle to empower minorities and change the United States.

Shirley Chisholm was the first Black major-party presidential candidate and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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 ...

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old East New York man in connection with the attempted rape of a 51-year-old woman at Shirley Chisholm State Park in Sept.

Learn how America's first Black congresswoman broke barriers and ran for president against all odds. Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance ...

Harris' candidacy has more in common with Chisholm's than gender and race. But unlike Chisholm, the vice president has the support of her party.

Among the similarities between Kamala Harris and my fictional president: Both are intensely qualified candidates for the highest office in the land.

Rep. Barbara Lee says this would be Shirley Chisholm’s message to Kamala Harris and Democrats today Lee, a Chisholm mentee, reflects on the enduring legacy of the history-making congresswoman on ...

The late trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm has been awarded Congress' highest honor. On Thursday (December 12), President Joe Biden signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act ...