Charlotta Spears Bass was a newspaper publisher-editor and civil rights activist. She was also the first African American woman to run for the U.S. Vice President under the Progressive Party ticket. Read more about this revolutionary woman below.
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/bass.html
Women of the West: http://theautry.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/bass_full.html
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/bass-charlotta-1879-1969
Black History Now: http://blackhistorynow.com/charlotta-bass/
Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2874200015.html