Charlotta Bass: The first woman of color to run for Vice President

Both the New York Times and the Washington Post are careful and correct in their headlines about Joe Biden's choice of Kamala Harris as a candidate for Vice President: she is "first woman of color on major ticket" or "major party's ticket". The "major" qualifier is necessary, as the first woman of color to run for Vice President was Charlotta Bass of the Progressive Party in 1952 (which I learned from a tweet by historian Martha S. Jones). Her acceptance speech is full of points that sadly still need to be made today, including the problem of police brutality: "I will continue to cry out against police brutality against any people." (Andrew Shields, #111words, 12 August)