Fifty-two years before Kamala Harris came close to being elected the first woman president of the United States, a New Yorker named Shirley Chisholm ... Goldie Hawn, Black Panther Party ...

Brooklyn Borough Hall President Antonio Reynoso hosted an event honoring the legacy of former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm.

Although a small number of African-Americans hold Congressional seats before her, Chisholm is the first black woman to be elected to the body. She is also the first woman, and the first person of ...

“Shirley Chisholm grew up just steps away from Brooklyn Children’s Museum, in the very neighborhood she would later champion in Congress,” said Atiba T. Edwards, president and CEO of Brooklyn Children ...