Shirley Chisholm was the first ... only surprise by her going was because she was a Black female." Lee was one of the people who questioned Chisholm about her visit to Wallace.

Under a photo of eleven ragtag people—including activist Flo Kennedy ... Thanks to the spirit of Shirley Chisholm, there is somewhere right now another straight-backed, brilliant, outspoken ...

Regina King is bringing Shirley Chisholm to life. In the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix movie Shirley, King steps into the shoes of the first Black woman ... sign up for PEOPLE's free ...

The award-winning show describes Chisholm as the “Black Joan of Arc” who “called herself ‘fighting’ Shirley as she faced ...

Nearly two decades after the death of the legendary Shirley Chisholm ... top aide to D.C. Mayor Marion Barry (D). “People are fighting against Black women. We can’t do that to ourselves.” ...

People need to know her name. CHANG: Absolutely. Well, I want to talk about Shirley Chisholm's arrival in Washington, D.C., in 1969, right? First Black woman comes into Congress, representing Bed ...

Regina King's first film in three years, "Shirley," based on the first Black woman elected to Congress Shirley Chisholm has been ... and together how many people did not know who Shirley was ...

The Oscar-winning actress is set to portray Shirley Chisholm ... the decision to run for president as a Black woman in those times, it really made people think, ‘Is she crazy?’ ...

who became the first Black woman elected to the House of Democrats leadership team since Chisholm, paid homage to her in a tweet, stating, “Shirley Chisholm taught me that if people don’t ...

According to the National Women's History Museum, Shirley ... People (NAACP), the Urban League and the Democratic Party club in Bedford-Stuyvesant. In 1964, Chisholm ran for and became the second ...