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I’m going to fact check tonight, @maddow. Charlotte Bass, also from California, was the first Black woman to run for Vice President...for the Progressive Party in 1952. Credit where credit

Tomorrow , August 6, we mark 55 years since the Voting Rights Act became law. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100 For the women of Vanguard, this was their 15th and 19th Amendments rolled into