A film about Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to the United States Congress, is currently in development and Tony award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose is set to produce and star in the production. In an update, Barbara Bullard, a producer on the film, confirmed to the site that Rose is currently set to […]
Shirley Chisholm *The White House has announced that baseball legend Willie Mays and the late pioneering congresswoman Shirley Chisholm are among the distinguished Americans to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, reports CBS News. It’s the nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests […]
