Shirley Chisholm had a spirit unlike any other. She was a woman of many firsts: the first Black woman to be elected into Congress and the first Black woman to run for president. Nicknamed ...

She married in 1949 to Conrad Q. Chisholm, a private investigator (they divorced in 1977). She then earned a masters degree from Columbia University in early childhood education in 1951.

New York, NY, June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebrating more than a century as New York’s storyteller, the Museum of the City of New York today announced additional details for its new ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new statue honoring political trailblazer Shirley Chisholm has been unveiled at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, where she is buried. The tribute celebrates Chisholm’s legacy ...