Charlotta

Charlotta Bass (1874 – 1969) was an American educator, newspaper publisher and editor, and civil rights activist. She also focused on various other issues such as housing rights, voting rights, and labor rights, as well as police brutality and harassment. Bass is believed to be the first African-American woman to own and operate a newspaper in the United States; she published the California Eagle from 1912 until 1951. In 1952, Bass became the first African-American woman nominated for Vice President, as a candidate of the Progressive Party. She was the first African American woman to be a jury member in the Los Angeles County Court.