Her godmother was Shirley Chisholm, who in 1968 became the first ... Bosley will present a movie poster to The Rev. Dr. Gillard S. Glover during the 11 a.m. service at the First AME Church of ...

star and director of the biopic Shirley which celebrates Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress. CHISHOLM: I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country ...

The photograph, in black and white, is from 1972. It hangs in an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York about Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to seek the nomination of a major party.

“Our project celebrates Shirley Chisholm’s legacy as a civil servant ... member of the New York State Assembly. A 1972 campaign poster NMAAHC A button from Chisholm's presidential campaign ...

The sweeping biopic, starring Oscar winner Regina King and directed by John Ridley, takes on the inspiring story of the “unbought and unbossed” pioneering politician Shirley Chisholm amid 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 ...

Shirley—which began streaming today—is doing its part to uphold the legacy of Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm is a name that ought to be as well known as Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X ...

Donation Options Search Search Search In the Shirley Chisholm biopic “Shirley,” Regina King plays the title role, with Lucas Hedges as aide Robert Gottlieb. Netflix Share Writer-director John ...

At a glance, Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 campaign for president was the definition of quixotic. She was 47 years old; at the time, she had served only one term (starting in 1968) as the first Black ...

The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, Shirley Chisholm, an American hero, was the first Black woman elected to Congress and was herself running for the Democratic nomination, with the slogan “Un ...

WHAT IT'S ABOUT From 1969 to 1983, Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress — represented New York's 12th district, or Bedford-Stuyvesant. This movie ...

As a proud Brooklynite, composer Tamar-kali will often walk around her neighborhood and see a mural of America’s first Black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. Other times, she’ll take a walk ...