Unita Blackwell
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Country: United States
Location: Lula, Mississippi; West Helena, Arkansas
About
Unita Blackwell (March 18, 1933--May 13, 2019) was a African-American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to became mayor of Mississippi.