Nila Popal and Leslie Anselme celebrate the release of Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change at the North Star Fund Offices on Friday January 10, 2014.
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Chisholm Biography Book Party a Huge Success!
Barbara Winslow and Shola Lynch celebrate the release of Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change at the North Star Fund Offices Friday January, 10 2014.
Read MoreUSPS Commemorates Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy with Postage Stamp
The United States Postal Service has chosen to honor the life and legacy of Shirley Chisholm with a commemorative postage stamp. The First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony will be held at Brooklyn Borough […]
Read MoreCongratulations to Shola Lynch and the Schomberg Center!
The following was published online at TheRoot by Keli Goff on January 2, 2014. You can find out the original article here. Filmmaker Shola Lynch's New Role in Bringing Our Stories to […]
Read MoreChisholm’s Alma Mater Celebrates Barbara Winslow’s Catalyst for Change
As posted in Brooklyn College News December 20, 2013 Shirley Chisholm's Trials and Triumphs Covered in New Biography Historian Barbara Winslow is a professor in both theSchool of Education and the Women's […]
Read MoreHoliday Greetings from the Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism 1945 to the Present
The Shirley Chisholm Project hopes that everyone reflects on Nelson Mandela’s legacy of struggle, sacrifice and commitment to social justice. Let’s not turn him into a sanitized icon, but learn […]
Read MoreThe Chisholm Project Remembers Nelson Mandela
The Shirley Chisholm Project hopes that everyone reflects on Nelson Mandela’s legacy of struggle, sacrifice and commitment to social justice. Let’s not turn him into a sanitized icon, but learn […]
Read MoreKAREN LEWIS to speak at Shirley Chisholm Day 11/19/2013!
The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women's Activism from 1945-Present is pleased to invite you to Shirley Chisholm Day 2013! The event will take place on Tuesday, November 19th at […]
Read MoreGet On The Bus for the 50th Anniverary of the March on Washington
As we approach the 5oth Anniversary of the March on Washington this month (August 28th, 1963) there are many organizations making way to our nation's capital. The Shirley Chisholm Project […]
Read More“Trayvon Martin, Race and Anthropology”
Leith Mullings, president of American Anthropological Association, writes: “Those of us who research race, racism and inequality must continue to name racism without sugarcoating it; to analyze the ways in […]
Read More150th Anniversary of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry’s Charleston Battle
150years ago, July 18, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first official African American units for the US armed forces commissioned after the Emancipation Proclamation spearheaded to assault […]
Read MoreHilary Clinton Speaks Out About Trayvon Martin Tragedy
On July 17, 2013, former Secretary of the State Hilary Clinton addressed Shirley Chisholm's sorority Delta Sigma Theta in at their 51st Annual Convention in Washington D.C. Clinton spoke on […]
Read MorePoignant and Strong Reactions to Zimmerman Verdict
The Chisholm Project would like two share to emotionally moving articles about the verdict in the murder case of Trayvon Martin. Robin D.G. Kelley, author and Gary B. Nash Professor […]
Read MoreFrederick Douglas 1852 Speech Meaningful Today
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass' “Fourth of July Speech, 1852” will always be a moving message addressed to the citizens of The United States. Sadly, it is too relevant to our nation's […]
Read More“Murder in Mississippi (Southern Justice)” by Norman Rockwell
The Chisholm Project would like to share this image as we approach the 50th anniversary of the 1964 lynching of civil rights activists James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael […]
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