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Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933-2019)

National Park Service - 05 Jul 2023
Unita Zelma Blackwell (1933-2019) ...

Remembering Unita Blackwell

Children's Defense Fund - 11 Jan 2024
Remembering Unita Blackwell ...

Action Fund Awards Preservation Grants to Three Black Historic Sites in Mississippi

Mississippi Free Press - 21 Oct 2024
Action Fund Awards Preservation Grants to Three Black Historic Sites in Mississippi ...

Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election (Published 2019)

The New York Times - 17 May 2019
Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election (Published 2019) ...

Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86

The Washington Post - 15 May 2019
Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 ...

The sharecropper who became Mississippi's first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died

CNN - 14 May 2019
The sharecropper who became Mississippi's first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died ...

First black woman elected as mayor in Mississippi, Unita Blackwell dies

Clarion Ledger - 14 May 2019
First black woman elected as mayor in Mississippi, Unita Blackwell dies ...

Unita Blackwell, an activist who was 1st black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86

The Boston Globe - 15 May 2019
Unita Blackwell, an activist who was 1st black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86 ...

Unita Blackwell, First Black Woman Elected Mayor in Mississippi, Dies At 86

Essence - 23 Oct 2020
Unita Blackwell, First Black Woman Elected Mayor in Mississippi, Dies At 86 ...

Unita Blackwell Property listed in National Register of Historic Places

WJTV - 23 Mar 2022
Unita Blackwell Property listed in National Register of Historic Places ...

Unita Blackwell Risked It All So Black Mississippians Could Vote (Published 2019)

The New York Times - 23 Dec 2019
Unita Blackwell Risked It All So Black Mississippians Could Vote (Published 2019) ...

‘This Vote Must Really Be About Something’: Unita Blackwell’s Story of Voter Suppression

Mississippi Free Press - 23 Oct 2020
‘This Vote Must Really Be About Something’: Unita Blackwell’s Story of Voter Suppression ...

Unita Blackwell, sharecroppers’ daughter who became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi – obituary

The Telegraph - 16 May 2019
Unita Blackwell, sharecroppers’ daughter who became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi – obituary ...

Activist who was 1st black woman mayor in Mississippi dies - WATN

Local 24 - 15 May 2019
Activist who was 1st black woman mayor in Mississippi dies ...

Unita Blackwell: Gallery

Clarion Ledger - 14 May 2019
Unita Blackwell: Gallery ...

Forgotten Women: Unita Blackwell

Odyssey - 26 Feb 2018
Forgotten Women: Unita Blackwell ...

Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and opera singer Leontyne Price among inspiring women on Mississippi list

USA TODAY - 13 Aug 2020
Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and opera singer Leontyne Price among inspiring women on Mississippi list ...

Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86

Atlanta Black Star - 18 May 2019
Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86 ...