March is Women's History Month! Currently, Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan are adding to our rich heritage by defending the Voting Rights Act of 2006. Read here […]

Last month, Congressman Rangel introduced a bill to bestow Shirley Chisholm with the Congressional Medal of Honor. Read more at the Congressman's website here. Chisholm and Rangel worked closely together, […]

Please read this article about Seattle teachers and sign this petition of support. http://brianpjones.tumblr.com/post/41098555088/educatorssupportghs

On the fortieth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe v Wade, we should stop to remember the hundreds of thousands of women who died from illegal abortions as well […]

Read here for an inspirational story from East Stroudsburg (PA) University about this year's recipient of The Shirley Chisholm Award. It is just one example of how Chisholm's legacy continues […]

From the desk of Barbara Winslow, Director of The Shirley Chisholm Project Annual Letter 13

Chisholm Project Director Barbara Winslow and Project Videographer Samantha Winslow with Congressmen John Lewis. Lewis had been honored by the Andrew Goodman Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award. Lewis knew Chisholm after […]

The Shirley Chisholm Project invites you to visit the brilliantly curated exhibit at The Brooklyn College Library about Chisholm's historic presidential run. It is a great way to celebrate the […]

July 12, 2012 Shirley Chisholm was nominated for the presidency of the United States on July 13th, 1972. She was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968, […]

July 4, 2012 Brooklyn Magazine named Shirley Chisholm #5 in their 100 greatest Brooklynites of all time. She's next to Woody Allen, Woody Guthrie, Jackie Robinson and Walt Whitman. Here's why: […]

July 4, 2012 The Shirley Chisholm Project shares Frederick Douglass' powerful speech, “What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” read on July 5, 1872 in New York […]