Shirley chisholm: a brooklyn life [in 2024, to mark the centennial of her birth and a national election year, the museum of the city of new york and the shirley chisholm project on brooklyn women?S…

The Museum of the City of New York, Inc. received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) to support the exhibition "Shirley Chisholm: A Brooklyn Life" in 2024-2025. This exhibition will explore the early life, path-breaking political career, and lasting legacy of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to run for President on a major party ticket. The grant will enable the museum, in partnership with the Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism, to develop this exhibition marking the centennial of Chisholm's birth and the 2024 national election year. The project aims to make Chisholm's story and contributions accessible and engaging for broad public audiences through the museum's humanities-based programming and outreach initiatives.

Shirley chisholm: a brooklyn life [in 2024, to mark the centennial of her birth and a national election year, the museum of the city of new york and the shirley chisholm project on brooklyn women?S activism will present shirley chisholm: a brooklyn life, an exhibition on chisholm tracing her early life in brooklyn, path-breaking political career, and lasting legacy. In 1968, shirley chisholm emerged as a singular figure in national politics as the first black woman elected to congress and then, in 1972, the first woman to run for president on a major party ticket. The exhibition will explore the depth of her role not just as a catalyst for change among the political establishment and a bold inspiration for subsequent generations, but as a product of new york communities and networks.]