For the fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, see Charlene Robinson.
Charlene Alexander Mitchell
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(1930-06-08)June 8, 1930
Died
December 14, 2022(2022-12-14) (aged 92)
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labor
civil rights activist
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Charlene Alexander Mitchell (June 8, 1930 – December 14, 2022) was an American international socialist, feminist, labor and civil rights activist. In 1968, she became the first Black woman candidate for President of the United States.[1][2]
In the 1970s, she became a leader in efforts to support the defense of Angela Davis, founded the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, campaigned on behalf of the defenses of Joan Little and the Wilmington Ten, and focused her activism on anti-apartheid efforts.
Mitchell joined the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) at age 16, and is considered to be one of the most influential leaders in the party in the late 1950s and the 1960s.[3][4] After leaving the party, she became a leader of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) in the 1990s.
^Risen, Clay (December 23, 2022). "Charlene Mitchell, 92, Dies; First Black Woman to Run for President". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference Murphy 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Erik S. McDuffie, Sojourning for Freedom: Black Women, American Communism, and the Making of Black Left Feminism, Duke University Press, 2011, p. 140.
^West, E. James (September 24, 2019). "A Black Woman Communist Candidate: Charlene Mitchell's 1968 Presidential Campaign". African American Intellectual History Society. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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