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.
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