Carol

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Carol @carolprgal

In 1925, after she wrote of plot by KKK to stage car accident involving Black leaders in the newspaper she owned, Klan members showed up at her office in Los Angeles. Bass pulled a pistol out of her desk and the group bid a hasty retreat. https://t.co/YC7eszXRMp — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2020

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Carol @carolprgal

Before her VP bid, she moved to LA, eventually borrowing $50 to buy Black-founded newspaper “The California Eagle” on historic Central Ave. For 40yrs, Bass was owner/editor/publisher, using paper to advance social justice causes, including police brutality https://t.co/YC7eszXRMp https://t.co/iq6axKthmW — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2020

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Carol @carolprgal

Bass eventually retired to what was then Black resort town southeast of LA, Lake Elsinore; turned garage to community reading room & voter regist. site. Died 1969, grave at Evergreen Cemetery in #BoyleHeights doesn’t bear her name (shares plot w/ husband) https://t.co/YC7eszXRMp https://t.co/i9WMeDWrM6 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 6, 2020