Unita Blackwell

American politician and civil rights activist
Died on Tuesday May 14th 2019

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@brandyontherox: RT @theblackdetour: Unita Blackwell the first Black woman mayor in Mississippi passed away at 86 - 6 years ago

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@TougalooCollege: Happening tomorrow: ⠀ Tougaloo College hosts funeral services for the Honorable Unita Blackwell, former Mayor of Ma… - 6 years ago

@TheresaSchwar13: RT @phillipglasgow: Unita Blackwell & Fannie Lou Hamer testify before the U.S. Senate 1967. - 6 years ago

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@MikeB50178658: RT @ATLBlackStar: Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86 - 6 years ago

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@BAHADeltas: RT @dstinc1913: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. remembers and celebrates the life and legacy of Honorary Member Unita Blackwell, who made… - 6 years ago

@mashaarcher: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

@EricaJong: RT @SenGillibrand: Unita Blackwell dedicated her life to registering black voters across Mississippi and went to jail for it at least 70 ti… - 6 years ago

@Sapphirine_Blue: RT @profcsanders: Mrs. Unita Blackwell passed away today. The article fails to mention that she was instrumental in securing Head Start for… - 6 years ago

@JackiAles: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

@blharvey2002: Consider hers a life well lived. - 6 years ago

@F1ll3rbunny: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

@Sapphirine_Blue: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

@peacemom42: RT @GanucheauAdam: Just confirmed some very sad news: Unita Blackwell, the civil rights pillar who became the first black female mayor in M… - 6 years ago

@KnowledgeMoves: RT @Wade4Justice: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

@CinShel: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

@EarvinMiers: RT @nytpolitics: Unita Blackwell, a pillar of the voting rights movement, has died at 86. A sharecropper’s daughter, she was jailed dozens… - 6 years ago

@YoungDemsMS: RT @DrRiles06: Unita Blackwell was a civil rights icon in Mississippi politics. As the first black woman to serve as mayor in Mississippi s… - 6 years ago

@YoungDemsMS: RT @nytpolitics: Unita Blackwell, a pillar of the voting rights movement, has died at 86. A sharecropper’s daughter, she was jailed dozens… - 6 years ago

@BrianMoylan4: RT @nytpolitics: Unita Blackwell, a pillar of the voting rights movement, has died at 86. A sharecropper’s daughter, she was jailed dozens… - 6 years ago

@moonlight26a: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

@DaleNetherway: RT @grantcopywriter: #UnitaBlackwell, 1st Black Woman to Be Elected a Mayor in Mississippi, Dies at 86. RIP. - 6 years ago

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@grantcopywriter: #UnitaBlackwell, 1st Black Woman to Be Elected a Mayor in Mississippi, Dies at 86. RIP. - 6 years ago

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@BoldofSpirit: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

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@myownpersonme: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

@historianspeaks: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

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@DPayneonline: RT @ATLBlackStar: Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@DJShereKhan: RT @Sirsargent: As she wrote in her memoir: “I don’t think most people today — younger people especially — have any idea of the price that… - 6 years ago

@rootbanx: RT @EBONYMag: Unita Blackwell, the first Black woman to serve as mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi, gave five terms of #BlackExcellence, &… - 6 years ago

@dialogician: RT @VoteRiders: We honor the memory of Unita Blackwell, pillar of the civil rights movement - 6 years ago

@annie5133: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

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@Nicole_Cliffe: RT @KristenClarkeJD: "Overnight, I went from field hand to full-time freedom fighter" - Unita Blackwell, voting rights activist Blackwell… - 6 years ago

@GIRLATTORNEYLLC: “... And they didn’t have no idea, this society, what it was creating. It created slavery, but it also created a pe… - 6 years ago

@Mod_Nutrition_: RT @CNN: Civil rights activist Unita Blackwell made history in 1976, becoming Mississippi's first black female mayor. She died on Monday at… - 6 years ago

@conradtillard: Unita Blackwell, 86, Dies; Rights Crusader and Winner of Historic Election - 6 years ago

@tracyewalker: RT @tracyewalker: Unita Blackwell has died, and @CNN couldn't even be bothered to say her name in their obit headline! #SayHerName isn't ju… - 6 years ago

@jperry229: RT @ATLBlackStar: Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@AbsolutelyNots: RT @ATLBlackStar: Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and First Black Woman Elected Mayor In Mississippi, Dies at 86 - 6 years ago

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@tracyewalker: Unita Blackwell has died, and @CNN couldn't even be bothered to say her name in their obit headline! #SayHerName is… - 6 years ago

@SheilaB25000494: RT @OfficialCBC: "I was only told when I started off that if I registered to vote that I would have food to eat and a better house to stay… - 6 years ago

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@Fabulously_MAD: RT @Sirsargent: As she wrote in her memoir: “I don’t think most people today — younger people especially — have any idea of the price that… - 6 years ago

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@tnewmstweet: RT @Sirsargent: As she wrote in her memoir: “I don’t think most people today — younger people especially — have any idea of the price that… - 6 years ago

@JimWilson30: RT @RobertEllsberg: RIP Unita Blackwell. “I don’t think most people today — younger people especially — have any idea of the price that ord… - 6 years ago

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@telegraphobits: Unita Blackwell, sharecroppers’ daughter who became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi – obitu… - 6 years ago

@ajayco: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@LewisOlliePetty: RT @TheRoot: Unita Blackwell, first black woman to be elected as a mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86: - 6 years ago

@isitjustus2: Civil Rights Activist Unita Blackwell, a Sharecropper Who Became Mississippi’s First Black Female Mayor and Advised… - 6 years ago

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@ishenarobinson: Unita Blackwell, Civil Rights Activist and the 1st Black Woman to Be Elected a Mayor in Mississippi, Dies at 86… - 6 years ago

@drpatfarrell: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - The Washington Po… - 6 years ago

@YazooLibrary: Mississippi author and former mayor, Unita Blackwell, died May 14, 2019. Read her book Barefootin': Lessons from th… - 6 years ago

@carlarjenkins: RT @byjoelanderson: When a hero like Unita Blackwell dies and her life’s work is valorized in her obit, i start thinking about who and what… - 6 years ago

@xavbriggs: Thank you, Unita Blackwell— a moral giant and can-do leader from the smallest of towns. Everyone matters. RIP… - 6 years ago

@carlarjenkins: RT @CNN: Civil rights activist Unita Blackwell made history in 1976, becoming Mississippi's first black female mayor. She died on Monday at… - 6 years ago

@jk2445: The Washington Post: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@carlarjenkins: RT @ZinnEdProject: "Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That’s what movement… - 6 years ago

@mummacity: RT @KieseLaymon: Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@TinaTchirinos: RT @profcsanders: Mrs. Unita Blackwell passed away today. The article fails to mention that she was instrumental in securing Head Start for… - 6 years ago

@rsgaddy18: RT @washingtonpost: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

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@shayla_glover_: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@erjerw1: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@rickeyre: RT @postobits: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

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@EmilyLangerWP: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@nobodyarrogant: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@Kim7779311: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@AfricanaCarr: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@LeslyeColvin: Unita Blackwell, Mississippi mayor who turned nation’s eyes on her forgotten hamlet, dies at 86 - 6 years ago

@curator_tw: RT @BlackPastOnline: Activist Unita Z. Blackwell (1933-2019) passed away on Monday at age 86. Born into a sharecropping family in the MS De… - 6 years ago

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@Dr_G_Enigma: Unita Blackwell, the 1st black female mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86 - The Week - 6 years ago

@bammedious: RT @harrietroberson: Unita Blackwell, First Black Woman Elected Mayor in Mississippi, Dies At 86 - 6 years ago

@Nodaysoff15: RT @GanucheauAdam: Just confirmed some very sad news: Unita Blackwell, the civil rights pillar who became the first black female mayor in M… - 6 years ago

@PeterHeltzel: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago

@genremixtress: RT @ZinnEdProject: "Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That’s what movement… - 6 years ago

@LindaRMonkJD: RT @KarenHinton: i remember her from my @MikeEspyMS days— she will be missed. She accomplished so much. Unita Blackwell, civil rights pill… - 6 years ago

@thesyncworld: RT @GanucheauAdam: "Being black and in this country, you learn a great lesson, and this is how to overcome… It’s that power to move in the… - 6 years ago

@deskspud: The sharecropper who became Mississippi's first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died @CNN - 6 years ago

@MissTears74: What an incredible woman!! She stepped out of her comfort zone & made the world a better place. She's an inspiratio… - 6 years ago

@IndustryLatest: RT @GanucheauAdam: "Being black and in this country, you learn a great lesson, and this is how to overcome… It’s that power to move in the… - 6 years ago

@AnitaLottaDoe: RT @ajplus: Unita Blackwell, the first Black woman to be elected mayor in Mississippi, has died aged 86. The civil rights activist was bo… - 6 years ago

@MSTODAYnews: RT @MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us. - 6 years ago

@Lydia91436965: RT @MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us. - 6 years ago

@1naturalzeta: RT @ZinnEdProject: "Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That’s what movement… - 6 years ago

@surlybassey: RT @KWestSavali: Thank you, @rlnave and @MSTODAYnews for alerting the nation to Unita Blackwell’s death. Mississippi got something to say.… - 6 years ago

@BIGZeeKay: RT @GanucheauAdam: "Being black and in this country, you learn a great lesson, and this is how to overcome… It’s that power to move in the… - 6 years ago

@shell_loyd: RT @MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us. - 6 years ago

@watersmeet139: RT @MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us. - 6 years ago

@if3tay0: RT @KevinAGray: First black woman elected as mayor in Mississippi, Unita Blackwell dies - 6 years ago

@alycecraddock: RT @MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us. - 6 years ago

@MikeEspyMS: Farewell Unita. You overcame obstacles and burst through barriers to inspire and make a better life for all of us.… - 6 years ago

@KevinAGray: First black woman elected as mayor in Mississippi, Unita Blackwell dies - 6 years ago

@infinitewords14: RT @ZinnEdProject: "Change depends on people knowing the truth. Change depends on people speaking that truth out loud. That’s what movement… - 6 years ago

@BlackManUSA: RT @CNN: Civil rights activist Unita Blackwell made history in 1976, becoming Mississippi's first black female mayor. She died on Monday at… - 6 years ago

@OverAnalystVera: RT @CNNPolitics: The sharecropper who became Mississippi's first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died - 6 years ago

@Malt_bia: RT @CNNPolitics: The sharecropper who became Mississippi's first black female mayor and advised six US presidents, has died - 6 years ago

@SawyerAndrew: RT @thecrisismag: A native of Lula, #UnitaBlackwell entered politics in the 1960s as a member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party,… - 6 years ago