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Charlotta Bass
Politician, Author
1874 – 1969
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Who was Charlotta Bass?
Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was an American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. Bass was probably the first African-American woman to own and operate a newspaper in the United States; she published the California Eagle from 1912 until 1951. In 1952 Bass became the first African-American woman nominated for Vice President, as a candidate of the Progressive Party.
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- Born
- Feb 14, 1874
Sumter - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 12, 1969
- Resting place
- Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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