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.

Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972, ... There's a level of stagnation that shows a hesitation to look to younger leaders, to look to leaders of color, ...

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. President ...

“Shirley Chisholm is back, and it couldn’t be a better time,” Griffith said. “The younger generation must take the baton and decide how they’re going to help us move forward,” she said ...

Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s historic 1972 run for president is the subject of the Netflix biopic, “Shirley,” that was released on March 22, 2024. The film stars Regina King ...

The younger lawmakers often call Lee “O.G.” Lee notes there are now several dozen Black women elected to the House — an improvement but, she said, still not enough to catch up for the nation ...

Curio Theatre Company will be visited by an American Icon this February. For one night only, the company is presenting Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, A ONE-WOMAN SHOW by Ingrid Griffith.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s political journey began with a pivotal encounter with Shirley Chisholm—the first Black woman in Congress and the first Black woman to seek a major party’s ...

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.

The younger lawmakers often call Lee “O.G.” Lee notes there are now several dozen Black women elected to the House — an improvement but, she said, still not enough to catch up for the nation ...

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 ...