A specialist in early education, Chisholm wins her first campaign in 1964. In '68, she makes the jump from state to national government, defeating Republican civil rights leader James Farmer to ...

She later went on to Brooklyn College and got her master’s in education from Columbia University, the resolution outlines. After serving her community as an educator, Shirley Chisholm solidified ...

History was made in 1968 when Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She served New York’s 12th Congressional District, which included her neighborhood of Crown ...

She also produced the historic visit of the Congressional Black Caucus to Brooklyn in tribute to Shirley Chisholm. Barbara, a Salzburg Fellow, will be participating in Salzberg, Austria, on Civic and ...

History was made in 1968 when Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She served New York’s 12th Congressional District, which included her neighborhood of Crown ...

Different times have changed the politics of the day, but it is comforting and instructive to recall a moment where a rabbi’s ...