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.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| creatorOf | Blackwell, Unita, 1933-. An oral history with Honorable Unita Blackwell / interviewer: Mike Garvey. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
| referencedIn | Blackwell, Unita | Jimmy Carter Library |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Fannie Lou Hamer Papers, 1964-1967. | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Garvey, Michael. | person |
| associatedWith | Hamer, Fannie Lou, 1917-1977 | person |
| memberOf | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Council of Negro Women | corporateBody |
| memberOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Helena | AR | US | |
| Lula | MS | US | |
| Mayersville | MS | US | |
| Ocean Springs | MS | US |
| Subject |
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| African American mayors |
| African American women |
| Civil rights workers |
| Occupation |
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| Civil rights activists |
| Mayors |
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Birth 1933-03-18
Death 2019-05-13
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