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    City Honors Shirley Chisholm, First Black Woman to Serve in Congress, with Monument

    Monument  •  Prospect Park

    U.S. Rep Shirley Chisholm. Image credit: Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Reports. Light restoration by Adam Cuerden

    Nominations sought to honor a woman committed to social reform and justice. On November 30, 2018, First Lady Chirlane McCray, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, and the Department of Cultural Affairs announced the selection of U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first black Congresswoman and the first woman to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, for a City-funded monument at the Parkside entrance to Prospect Park. Rep. Chisholm’s monument will be the first monument under the She Built NYC initiative is which seeks to commission public monuments honoring the New York City women who changed history. (read more…)

    Tags : monument, Shirley Chisholm, U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm
    Date:12/13/2018
    Category : Mayor
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