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 Heights, ...

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 Heights, ...

Different times have changed the politics of the day, but it is comforting and instructive to recall a moment where a rabbi’s words, a rookie congresswoman’s dedication, and ...

Thanks to the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, there is somewhere right now another straight-backed, brilliant, outspoken little girl planning to become president. We’ve never needed her more.

The first black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, had recently run for president. My mother grew up in the very different world of the Jim Crow South, around the time Kenneth and Mamie Clark ...

“Some of us down here are not so sure,” she said. FAMILY OF SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK In June 1972, Shirley Temple Black took on one of the biggest roles of her life: United States delegate to the ...

From fashion to the Government to music...and even telecommunications. Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, a theoretical physicist and famous black inventor, has been credited with making many advances in ...