Chisholm To Lecture

Former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, will visit Cheney this month.

She will speak on “Human and Civil Rights in a Conservative Era” on Feb. 15 at Eastern Washington University.

Chisholm was elected a U.S. representative from Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1968 and served for more than a decade. She made history again in 1972 by campaigning for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president of the United States.

She is the co-founder of the National Political Congress of Black Women and the author of two books.