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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.
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 the age of 16, and is considered to have been one of the most influential leaders in the party in the late 1950s and the 1960s. After leaving the party, she became a leader of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) in the 1990s.
Born Charlene Alexander in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 8, 1930, she moved with her parents and seven siblings to Chicago at the age of nine. In the early 20th century, her parents had moved north during the Great Migration of Black Southerners. During the Second World War, she grew up in the Frances Cabrini Rowhouses in the Near North Side of Chicago and took classes at the Moody Bible Institute.
She joined the Communist Party USA at the age of 16, and had joined the youth branch, the American Youth for Democracy, when she was 13. Early activism by Mitchell in the 1940s included participation in a successful sit-in protest against segregated seating in a theater, with white students sitting in the "colored only" balcony and Black students sitting in the "whites only" section below.
In Chicago, her father was a precinct captain for Rep. William L. Dawson, a Pullman porter, a hod carrier, and a labor activist. Mitchell attended Herzl Junior College in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles in 1955.
In 1958, Mitchell joined the national committee of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Her 1959 testimony before a panel of the House Un-American Activities Committee received attention due to her refusals to answer questions and her challenge to the authority of the committee. In Los Angeles, she founded the Che-Lumumba Club, an all-Black chapter of CPUSA, in the 1960s. Angela Davis worked with Mitchell and the Che-Lumumba Club, including to organize protests. Mitchell's brother and sister-in-law Franklin and Kendra Alexander were also active in the Che-Lumumba Club. Mitchell moved to New York City in 1968.
As a third-party candidate in the election of 1968, Mitchell was the first Black woman to run for President of the United States. She represented the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and her running mate was Michael "Mike" Zagarell, the National Youth Director of the party. They were entered on the ballots in only four states and received about 1000 votes.
Charlene Mitchell
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.
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 the age of 16, and is considered to have been one of the most influential leaders in the party in the late 1950s and the 1960s. After leaving the party, she became a leader of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS) in the 1990s.
Born Charlene Alexander in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 8, 1930, she moved with her parents and seven siblings to Chicago at the age of nine. In the early 20th century, her parents had moved north during the Great Migration of Black Southerners. During the Second World War, she grew up in the Frances Cabrini Rowhouses in the Near North Side of Chicago and took classes at the Moody Bible Institute.
She joined the Communist Party USA at the age of 16, and had joined the youth branch, the American Youth for Democracy, when she was 13. Early activism by Mitchell in the 1940s included participation in a successful sit-in protest against segregated seating in a theater, with white students sitting in the "colored only" balcony and Black students sitting in the "whites only" section below.
In Chicago, her father was a precinct captain for Rep. William L. Dawson, a Pullman porter, a hod carrier, and a labor activist. Mitchell attended Herzl Junior College in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles in 1955.
In 1958, Mitchell joined the national committee of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Her 1959 testimony before a panel of the House Un-American Activities Committee received attention due to her refusals to answer questions and her challenge to the authority of the committee. In Los Angeles, she founded the Che-Lumumba Club, an all-Black chapter of CPUSA, in the 1960s. Angela Davis worked with Mitchell and the Che-Lumumba Club, including to organize protests. Mitchell's brother and sister-in-law Franklin and Kendra Alexander were also active in the Che-Lumumba Club. Mitchell moved to New York City in 1968.
As a third-party candidate in the election of 1968, Mitchell was the first Black woman to run for President of the United States. She represented the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and her running mate was Michael "Mike" Zagarell, the National Youth Director of the party. They were entered on the ballots in only four states and received about 1000 votes.
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