Charlotta Bass
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Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (14 February 1874 [1] –12 April 1969) was an American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist.
Born in Sumter, South Carolina, United States, she moved to California in 1910. Bass published the California Eagle from 1912 until 1951. In 1952 Bass became the first African-American woman to run for national office as the Progressive Party's Vice Presidential candidate.
Bass died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Los Angeles.
[edit] References
- ^ Birthdate listed as 1890 via Social Security Death Index, 1874 from Charlotta Bass via PBS, and October 1880 from Encyclopaedia Britannica and others.
[edit] Further reading
The Southern California Library for Social Studies & Research has a "Charlotta A. Bass Collection, 1924-1977."[1]
| Preceded by Glen H. Taylor |
Progressive Party Vice Presidential candidate 1952 (lost) |
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