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 ...

There is still time to vote for Shirley Chisholm. An exhibit exploring the life and work of the Brooklyn politician in celebration of her 100th birthday offers visitors to the Museum of the City of ...

Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972, leaves a legacy on how to build a movement shaken by Kamala Harris’ loss.

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso hosted "The Chisholm Effect," an event at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum that ...

Shirley Chisholm championed the needs of low-income families by expanding food assistance programs like WIC. After a successful term as congresswoman, Chisholm ran for president in 1972 ...

The Playwrights’ Theatre of East Hampton at LTV Studios will present “Shirley Chisholm: Unbossed and Unbowed” on Friday, ...

Shirley Chisholm on presidential run in 1984 interview ... as well as the first African American and woman to run for president in 1972. Reporter Bill Saylor sat down with Chisholm in 1984 for ...

In 1972, she was the first woman – and the ... “I live in the reality of Shirley Chisholm’s vision for the future: a future in which Black women bring seats to tables that the world thought ...

Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972, leaves a legacy on how to build a movement shaken by Kamala Harris’ loss. ‘The majority of the voters seem to have elected an autocrat ...

Lead image: Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her candidacy for presidential nomination. Film negative by photographer Thomas J. O’Halloran, 1972. From the U.S. News & World Report ...