The statue was designed by local artist Julia Bottoms, who said she found deep personal meaning in Chisholm’s story.

Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress. She was known for supporting civil rights and women's rights. House votes to ax California plan to ban gas cars The 9 biggest wastes ...

Shirley Chisholm was ahead of her time in her political philosophy; she persevered through the seemingly insurmountable challenges of being the first Black female elected to Congress and first ...

(CNN) -- Shirley Chisholm, elected in 1968 as the first black woman in the U.S. Congress, once said: "I've always met more discrimination being a woman than being black." Slightly more than three ...

A Buffalo cultural committee has announced that local artist Julia Bottoms will be designing a bronze statue honoring the late Shirley Chisholm ... woman to be elected to Congress, where she ...

During her speech on election night, she noted that it had been almost exactly 50 years to the day since Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman ever elected to Congress and that ...