Shirley is based on the real-life story of Shirley Chisholm. Before her political career, Chisholm studied early childhood education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and taught nursery ...

Williams for the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center. “We appreciate to see this project come to life with the final push from leadership, including the current Councilwoman (Farah) Louis and ...

Although a small number of African-Americans hold Congressional seats before her, Chisholm is the first black woman to be elected to the body. She is also the first woman, and the first person of ...

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 ...

Simone E. Morris reports on inclusive leadership for the workplace. Shirley Chisholm's legacy lives on and leaves us with inclusive leadership lessons to inspire us. We should pick up the baton ...

Nov. 5 marked the historic 56th anniversary of the first African-American woman being elected to the U.S. Congress, Rep.

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected ... to the power dynamics always at play in Chisholm’s personal and professional life. For instance, in one of the early scenes in the film ...

Curio Theatre Company will be visited by an American Icon this February. For one night only, the company is ...

Tolliver's book A More Perfect Party: The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped ... because I just probe and dig and ask about his life,” Tolliver said. “Being the person to ...

In her proposal, Julia expressed a meaningful personal connection to the ... to develop a design concept that honors Shirley Chisholm’s life and legacy. Julia used her ability to capture the ...