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December 23, 2022

Charlene Mitchell, First Black Woman to Run for U.S. President, Dies at 92
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Charlene Alexander Mitchell, freedom fighter and fierce defender of
civil and human rights, has died at 92. Mitchell helped lead the fight
to free Angela Davis and other political prisoners. A member of the
Communist Party, Charlene Mitchell became the first Black woman to run
for U.S. president in 1968. She passed away last week here in New York
City.


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