Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill bestowing the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with a Congressional Gold Medal, a symbolic and historic moment in Washington for America’s first Black ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Shirley Chisholm after she announced her candidacy for president in Washington in 1972. (Thomas J. O'Halloran) Bipartisan ...

The trailblazing legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, continues to inspire as the House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to award her the ...

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. Despite ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT Antonio Reynoso on Wednesday hosted a Women’s History Month panel on former Brooklyn U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, at ...

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 “Fighting ...

Both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate passed legislation to honor Shirley Chisholm, who made history as the first Black woman elected to Congress. This recognition celebrates her ...

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 100th ...

“Unbossed and Unbowed,” a one-woman stage play dramatizing the life and political career of U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, is coming to Synchronicity Theatre from Oct. 31 through Nov. 4, just in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vice President Kamala Harris, joined by U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12) and U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-CA), signs the Shirley ...

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