June 5, 2012 As part of the Shirley Chisholm Project of Women’s Activism’s 2012 Conference “Be a Catalyst for Change; Shirley Chisholm’s Lifelong Legacy,” five Brooklyn College students were awarded […]
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Shirley Chisholm is remembered in the latest PSC CUNY Clarion
May 30, 2012 Shirley Chisholm's legacy is remembered in the current issue of the PSC CUNY Clarion. Shirley Chisholm Project Director Barbara Winslow writes of Chisholm's legislative impact pushing for […]
Read MoreThe Manning Marable Memorial Conference
April 16, 2012 Don't miss the Manning Marable Memorial Conference, “A new vision of black freedom: Reinvigorating social theory, redefining political struggle,” Thursday April 26- Sunday April 29 at Columbia […]
Read MoreThe late Manning Marable wins Pulitzer Prize
April 16, 2012 The Chisholm Project celebrates the late Manning Marable's posthumous 2012 Pulitzer Prize for his book Malcolm X: A Life Reinvented, in the History category. Marable played a […]
Read MoreChisholm Project Director’s Blog Talk Radio Interview
April 16, 2012 On March 31, 2012, Barbara Winslow, Founder and Project Director of the Shirley Chisholm Project, did a blog talk radio interview on the show Coaching with Crystal. […]
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Ebony magazine covers the Chisholm Conference
April 10, 2012 We all remember Ebony celebrating Shirley Chisholm on their magazine cover. This week Ebony Magazine reported on the Shirley Chisholm Project's “Be A Catalyst for Change” conference […]
Read MoreMad Men, “the thing that happened in Bed-Stuy,” and 1966 in Brooklyn history
April 10, 2012 The television drama Mad Men is starting to talk about race in its 5th season. Some bloggers have even speculated that Shirley Chisholm should be introduced as […]
Read More Ms. Magazine: “From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: How black women turn grief into action”
April 7, 2012 Ms. Magazine traces the role of black women fighting against racial violence, From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: We cannot get the anguished face of Sybrina […]
Read More Remembering Elizabeth Catlett, an artist who saw art as a tool for social change and civil rights
April 4, 2012 The Shirley Chisholm Project remembers Elizabeth Catlett, a sculptor and printmaker who died at her home in Mexico at the age of 96. The LA Times remembers […]
Read More More Melissa Harris-Perry on Shirley Chisholm “paving the way”
April 2, 2012 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Melissa Harris-Perry discusses Shirley Chisholm's presidential run and its impact on national politics, on her […]
Read More Melissa Harris-Perry on the Shirley Chisholm Conference!
March 30, 2012 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Brooklyn College in New York hosted a conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of […]
Read MoreThe Chisholm Project celebrates International Women’s Day
March 8, 2012 March 8 is International Woman’s Day. Working Women’s Day was first celebrated in the US in 1909. Inspired by the example of America’s working women, Clara Zetkin, […]
Read MoreUnited Negro College Fund gives highest award in Chisholm’s honor
February 27, 2012 The United Negro College Fund will give its highest award in the name of Shirley Chisholm at their upcoming “A Mind Is…” gala where they recognize “Game […]
Read More Special panel remembers Shirley Chisholm on NY1
February 26, 2012 NY1's Inside City Hall held a special panel Friday where William Howard, Shola Lynch and Congresswoman Yvette Clark reflected on Shirley Chisholm's legacy. Watch the discussion here. […]
Read More Pictures from Freedom Sisters Exhibition
Through April 22, 2012, Shirley Chisholm and nineteen other remarkable African American women are being honored at the Freedom’s Sisters exhibition at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial […]
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