The Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women's Activism

The Shirely Chishol Project is an interactive oral and documentary history project – a repository of women’s grassroots social activism in Brooklyn since 1945 to the present. In the spirit of Chisholm’s legacy as a ground breaking community and political activist, the archive follows the many paths she pioneered, by including materials representing the wide range of women’s grassroots activism throughout the borough. We have a physical repository with the largest collection of Chisholm documents and other materials, including oral histories, from people who knew or worked with Chisholm, all housed at the Brooklyn College Library, which is open to the public. Additionally, our website makes these materials available to the general public as well. It is a resource for K-12 students, college students, community activists, public policy experts, scholars, and the general public, expanding our understanding of women’s place in history and of the significance of social activism itself.