She ran for president, defied expectations, and championed justice. Now her powerful legacy is etched into Buffalo’s ...

she died in 2005. She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 and a statue in her honor is set to be installed in Prospect Park in 2025. The post ‘Shirley Chisholm Day’ Announced By ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shirley Chisholm became the first woman – and the first Black candidate – to seek a major party’s nomination for the ...