Chisholm Center Uses History to Inspire Activism Eleanor Bader, The Brooklyn Rail, October 2008 If you paid attention during presidential primary season, you might have been led to believe that […]
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Shirley Chisholm Project is awarded a CUNY Diversity Grant
Brooklyn College's Nine Diversity Grants are Tops at CUNY April 8, 2008 Nine Brooklyn College employees were awarded grants from CUNY's Diversity Projects and Faculty Development fund for the 2007-2008 […]
Read MorePress release for Shirley Chisholm Scholarship 2007
Scholarship Honors Shirley Chisholm, A Woman of Firsts December 12, 2007 On Thursday, November 29, Brooklyn College celebrated the third annual Shirley Chisholm Day to commemorate the life and accomplishments […]
Read MorePress release for Shirley Chisholm portrait
Shirley Chisholm Portrait Unveiled at Borough Hall June 27, 2006 On Monday, June 26, Brooklyn Borough Hall welcomed the addition of a new portrait of the Honorable Shirley Chisholm, a […]
Read MoreA brief history of the “When Women Pursue Justice” mural in Brooklyn
A Benediction, By Eleanor Bader The Brooklyn Rail, December 2005-January 2006, Online Newspaper Archives The mural can best be described as breathtaking. Thirteen women are rendered in seven-by-eight foot panels: […]
Read MoreNPR’s interview of director Shola Lynch
Shirley Chisholm's Presidential Run, on Film September 25, 2004 NPR's Scott Simon talks with Shola Lynch, director of a new documentary, Chisholm '72 – Unbought and Unbossed. The documentary follows […]
Read MoreErica Eudoxie receives first ever Shirley Chisholm Scholarship
Assemblyman N. Perry Leads Brooklyn College Celebration of Second Annual Shirley Chisholm Day, Scholarship December 5, 2006 Students, faculty and special guests joined in a shared remembrance of the life […]
Read MorePress release for Shirley Chisholm Day 2005
Shirley Chisholm Day, November 30, Celebrated at the Late Congresswoman's Brooklyn College Alma Mater November 20, 2005 Throughout her life, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, a 1946 graduate of Brooklyn College, battled […]
Read MorePatricia Schroeder: “At the end of the day I am for the people.”
Former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder represented the Colorado's 1st district from 1973-1997. While in Congress she became the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. In 1988 she […]
Read MorePatricia Schroeder on Running for President
Former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder represented the Colorado's 1st district from 1973-1997. While in Congress she became the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. In 1988 she […]
Read MorePatricia Schroeder: “People still don’t know women’s history”
Former Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder represented the Colorado's 1st district from 1973-1997. While in Congress she became the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. In 1988 she […]
Read MoreNadine Hack on being radicalized
Nadine Hack, Philanthropist and Chisholm Campaign Worker
Read MoreNadine Hack on Chisholm’s fashion sense
Nadine Hack, Philanthropist and Chisholm Campaign Worker
Read MoreNadine Hack on Bella Abzug
Nadine Hack, Philanthropist and Chisholm Campaign Worker
Read MoreNadine Hack on speaking truth to power
Nadine Hack, Philanthropist and Chisholm Campaign Worker
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