A one-woman show coming to West Philly tells the story of a woman often left out of history books: Shirley Chisholm, the ...
Shirley Chisholm changed the face of American politics as the first Black woman in the US Congress and the first-ever Black ...
stands beside a portrait of her friend and mentor, Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to Congress ... challenges Black women confront in American electoral politics.
awarding the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to her mentor and friend Shirley Chisholm, another trailblazer — the first Black woman elected to Congress, joining in 1969, who went on to ...