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 ...

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 ...

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

Curio Theatre Company will be visited by an American Icon this February. For one night only, the company is presenting Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed & Unbowed, A ONE-WOMAN SHOW by Ingrid Griffith.

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 ...

stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ...

During her more than two decades in Congress, Rep. Barbara Lee has been the only Black woman elected to the House from California's regions north of Los Angeles. WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.