Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass
Charlotta Bass was an educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and activist. She also focused on various other issues such as housing rights, voting rights, and labor rights, as well as police brutality and harassment. In 1952, Bass became the first African American woman nominated for Vice President. Bass is believed to be the first African American woman to own and operate a newspaper in the U.S.; she published the California Eagle from 1912 until 1951.