“Our project celebrates Shirley Chisholm’s legacy as a civil servant ... A golden image of the Capitol building bisects her silhouette, symbolizing “how she disrupted the perception of ...

“The silhouette of her hairdo will echo the ... “I would imagine Shirley Chisholm would love that idea.” Zachary Small is a reporter who covers the dynamics of power and privilege in the ...

Shirley Anita Chisholm (November 30, 1924–January 1, 2005) was the first Black woman elected to Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1969 to 1983. Chisholm served ...

In 1969, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black U.S. congresswoman at 44 years old. The Brooklyn representative’s objection to her assignment on the agriculture committee reads today as a justified ...

star and director of the biopic Shirley which celebrates Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. CHISHOLM: I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country ...

NEW YORK-- Shirley Chisholm, New York's pioneering congresswoman from Brooklyn, was honored Saturday on what would have been her 100th birthday. Nov. 30 is Shirley Chisholm Day in New York City ...

"Shirley," based on the first Black woman elected to Congress Shirley Chisholm has been creating buzz. The biopic, starring King as Chisholm, written and directed by John Ridley, dropped on ...

It was a 15-year-long journey for Regina King and her sister and co-producer Reina King to bring the story of Shirley Chisholm — the Black congresswoman who was also the first Black person to ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT From 1969 to 1983, Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress — represented New York's 12th district, or Bedford-Stuyvesant. This movie ...

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 ...

Shirley Chisholm was the definition of a trailblazer. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus. And in one of her most audacious ...

All you need is a dollar and a dream. Mayor Eric Adams and local elected officials toured the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, a $141 million project that is halfway complete. New ...