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Variants
- Brown, U. Z., 1933-2019
- Brown, Unita Zelma, 1933-2019
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1933-03-18
Death Date
- 2019-05-13
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Has Affiliation
- Organization: National Council of Negro Women
Birth Place
- Lula (Miss.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Address, 1970:label (Mrs. Unita Blackwell)
- found: OCLC, 9-28-93(hdg.: Blackwell, Unita, 1933-)
- found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for Her Interview, 1968 Aug. 10(Blackwell, Unita, 1933-; Member, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) and National Council of Negro Women (NCNW))
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed May 21, 2019(in obituary published May 17: Unita Blackwell; b. U.Z. Brown, Mar. 18, 1933, Lula, Miss.; when U.Z. reached the sixth grade, her teacher said she needed a name, not just initials; she and the teacher settled on Unita Zelma; after her parents separated in 1938, her mother took her to live with relatives in West Helena, Ark.; m. Jeremiah Blackwell (div.); d. Monday [May 13, 2019], Ocean Springs, Miss., aged 86; civil rights crusader; in 1976, elected mayor of the Mississippi Delta town of Mayersville, a post she held for more than 20 years)
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Change Notes
- 1993-09-28: new
- 2019-05-21: revised
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