Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (born 1924) was the first Black woman to serve in the United States Congress. She served as the representative for the 12th district of New York from 1969 until 1982. In 1972, when she became the first black woman to...

AS WITH MOST things in her life, Shirley Chisholm had some pretty definite ideas about how she wanted to be remembered. "I'd like them to say that Shirley Chisholm had guts," she said. Mrs. Chisholm died Saturday at age 80, and her obituaries inevitably...

Michigan Chronicle 01-11-2005 During a time when there are a fairly large number of Black members of Congress, and when the Congressional Black Caucus is no longer anything new, it may be hard for some to recall how new, refreshing, and even shocking...

StopYassky.com it seems pretty clear that opposition to David Yassky in the race for Major Owens' congressional seat is intense. Some of it is about development, or more specifically, Yassky's financial support from prominent developers. But underlying it all is the complicated and fraught issue...

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2007. There are 132 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Two hundred years ago, on Aug. 21, 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat set off from Albany on its return trip to New York, arriving...