Unita Blackwell (1933–2019)
Autore di Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom
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Unita Blackwell was born U. Z. Brown in Lula, Mississippi on March 18, 1933. She left school at the age of 12. Besides a short time peeling tomatoes in Florida, she picked cotton until the age of 31. In 1964, she signed up with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to help register black mostra altro people to vote. She marched, filed lawsuits, and was jailed numerous times as she pressed for voting rights. She also helped integrate Mississippi's schools. In 1976, she became the first black woman to be elected a mayor in Mississippi. She served for more than 20 years. Her memoir, Barefootin': Life Lessons from the Road to Freedom written with JoAnne Prichard Morris, was published in 2006. She died from complications of dementia on May 13, 2019 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: January 1, 1980. Unita Blackwell was the first Black female mayor of Mississippi.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Blackwell, Unita
- Altri nomi
- Brown, U. Z. (birth name)
Brown, Unita - Data di nascita
- 1933-03-18
- Data di morte
- 2019-05-13
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Lula, Mississippi, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Mayersville, Mississippi, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Massachusetts (MA)
- Attività lavorative
- politician
Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi, USA - Relazioni
- Hamer, Fannie Lou (colleague)
- Organizzazioni
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant (1992)
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- 1
- Utenti
- 21
- Popolarità
- #570,576
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 2
- Lingue
- 1