Blackwell, Unita, 1933-2019
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Activist Unita Blackwell was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped organize voter drives for African Americans across Mississippi.
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Subjects:
- African American mayors
- African American women
- Civil rights workers
Occupations:
- Civil rights activists
- Mayors
Places:
- AR, US
- MS, US
- MS, US
- MS, US
- Mississippi (as recorded)
