Shirley Chisholm zeroes in on her 1972 Democratic ... She returned to Brooklyn when she was 10 and lived with her parents and siblings in an "unheated, four-room, cold-water railroad flat" in ...

Unbossed & Unbowed intertwines the public and private life of Shirley Chisholm, beginning when she was a child living in Bed Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Her immigrant parents arrived from the ...

The trailblazing legacy of Shirley Chisholm ... Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1924 to parents from Guyana and Barbados, Chisholm’s Caribbean roots were central to her identity and shaped ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just ... of the two major political parties in 1972. Chisholm was born in Bed-Stuy in 1923 to ...

Shirley Chisholm ... have yet to learn that Chisholm recently made history the Caribbean, where she has roots. Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents from the Caribbean ...

No one has fought more in Congress to keep alive Shirley Chisholm’s legacy than U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee. The 78-year-old California lawmaker counts the late Chisholm as a mentor and friend.

We speak with historian Barbara Ransby about two Black women pioneers who helped pave the way for her historic nomination: former Congressmember Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to ...

Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance programs like WIC. After a successful term as congresswoman, Chisholm ran for president in 1972 ...

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 ...

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted “The Chisholm Effect,” an event at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum that brought civil leaders together to honor the life and legacy of Congresswoman ...