It was a lot of hard work, And I knew I wasn’t going to win… - Lucille Berrien

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It was a lot of hard work, And I knew I wasn’t going to win. There are two kinds of power: money power and people power. If you don’t have the money, you can still win with people.

Lucille Berrien

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About Lucille Berrien

Lucille Berrien (born in 1928) is an activist from Milwaukee. She was good friends with fellow Open housing advocate James Groppi. She ran for mayor of Milwaukee in 1972, becoming the first African-American woman to do so, but lost the race to incumbent Henry Maier. Though she had recently joined the Black Panther Party, she ran a non-partisan race for mayor.

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