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Film shows trailblazing Black female editor, VP candidate

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 12:03 AM

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — Kamala Harris made history last week by becoming the first Black woman to be nominated to run for vice president on a major party’s ticket. But the first Black woman to run for vice president in the nation’s history was trailblazing newspaperwoman Charlotta Spears Bass.

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