Politics: Mayors

Unita Blackwell

Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi

In office 1976–2001

The first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi

 

– – – Websites – – –

Paul P. Murphy, “The sharecropper who became Mississippi’s first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died,” CNN, May 14, 2019.

Unita Blackwell marker added to Mississippi Freedom Trail – Delta State University

Unita Blackwell – SNCC Digital Gateway

Unita Blackwell – Wikipedia

– – – Videos – – –

A Conversation with Unita Blackwell – [Min: 3:16:43] 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQCvBBYkfY

Unita Blackwell Recalls the Civil Rights Movement – [Min: 1:46] 

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