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.

Headlines from March 18, 1933

Nazis Raid Home of Lion Feuchtwanger;

REJECTS SENATE CHANGES; House Tells Conferees to Stand By the Cullen Bill. DEBATE IS RESTRICTED House Group to Meet Senators in Informal Conference to Speed Action. HARRISON SEES HARMONY Expects Bill to Reach President by Monday -- Legal Beer by April 4 Predicted. HOUSE INSISTS ON 3.2 BEER BILL

Seize Manuscript of His Novel on Hitler

London Considers Ending Trade Relations; SOVIET REJECTS BRITISH DEMANDS

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