Description: (Editor and activist)
Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was a groundbreaking American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. She founded and managed the California Eagle, the first African-American woman-owned newspaper in the United States. Bass was a vocal advocate for housing, voting, and labor rights, and she fought against police brutality. In 1952, she achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first African-American woman to be nominated for Vice President by the Progressive Party. Despite facing unfounded allegations of Communist affiliations, Bass continued her tireless activism throughout her later years.