I am more concerned with what is happening to my people in my country than war. We have lived through two wars and seen their promises turn to bitter… - Charlotta Bass

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I am more concerned with what is happening to my people in my country than war. We have lived through two wars and seen their promises turn to bitter ashes.

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About Charlotta Bass

Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (February 14, 1874 – April 12, 1969) was an American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. In 1952, Bass became the first African-American woman nominated for Vice President, as a candidate of the Progressive Party.

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Birth Name: Charlotta Amanda Spears
Alternative Names: Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass Charlotta S. Bass Mrs Charlotta A. Bass Charlotta A. Bass Charlotta Spears Bass
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Can you conceive of the party of Taft and Eisenhower and MacArthur and McArthy and the big corporations calling a Negro woman to lead the good fight in 1952? Can you see the party of Truman, of Russell of Georgia, of Rankin of Mississippi, of Byrnes of South Carolina, of Acheson, naming a Negro woman to lead the fight against enslavement?

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