In 2015, Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in 2019 she was honored with the dedication of Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn. This year will mark the ...

New Yorkers will now commemorate the life of Shirley Chisholm — the first ... including a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded in 2015 and a statue in Prospect Park approved by ...

She was posthumously honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 by President Barack Obama. In January 2018, New York governor Andrew Cuomo announced Shirley Chisholm State Park in her ...

Today, Congress awarded my dear friend and mentor Shirley Chisholm with the highest award Congress can bestow – the Congressional Gold Medal ... woman to seek the presidential nomination ...

There's no question that Shirley Chisholm made history ... and be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Yesterday, President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election and endorsed ...

Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill bestowing the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with a Congressional Gold Medal ... the colors of Chisholm’s presidential campaign in her 2019 ...

Bottoms’ concept depicts Chisholm at a podium, which is emblazoned with the 1972 Democratic National Convention’s seal. Her hand raised high, displaying a peace sign. Next to the podium is a ...

Democratic presidential ... women to regain their lost freedom. Fortunately, Kamala Harris has the winds of history at her back. The groundwork laid by Shirley Chisholm and her generation of ...

One of these freedom fighters was none other than the visionary, the optimist, and the first Black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm ... would go on to lose the presidential election to Republican ...

In a historic moment for American politics, Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill awarding the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with a Congressional Gold Medal. This significant act not ...