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 ...

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

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 ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children ... the first woman to run for president in one of the two major political parties in 1972. Chisholm was born in Bed-Stuy in 1923 to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...