Unita Blackwell, activist elected as first black female mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86 - News Summed Up

Unita Blackwell, activist elected as first black female mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86


“I was only told when I started off that if I registered to vote that I would have food to eat and a better house to stay in, ’cause the one I was staying in was so raggedy you could see anywhere and look outdoors. That I would have, my child would have, a better education,” she said.


Source: Los Angeles Times May 15, 2019 04:30 UTC



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