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Mar 18, 1933 Lula, Mississippi, United States Died on 13 May 2019 (aged 86)
American civil rights activist
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About Unita Blackwell
- Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who 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.
- She was also a founder of the US China Peoples Friendship Association, a group dedicated to promoting cultural exchange between the United States and China.
- Barefootin', Blackwell's autobiography, published in 2006, charts her activism.
