Unita Blackwell
American civil rights activist
Born on: March 18, 1933Died on: May 13, 2019
Aged: 86 years 56 days (1033 months)
Gender: Female
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Pisces
Unita Zelma Blackwell was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped organize voter drives for African Americans across Mississippi.
She was also a leader of the US–China Peoples Friendship Association, a group dedicated to promoting cultural exchange between the United States and China.
She also served as an advisor to six US presidents: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.
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