Charlotta Bass
Armed With a Newspaper...and, Once, a Pistol
Eight hooded Klansmen walked into her newspaper office while she was alone.
Charlotta Bass reached for a pistol.
They left.
But that wasn't the most remarkable thing this newspaper publisher did. She fought discrimination with ink, challenged the KKK in court, drew the attention of the FBI—and eventually made American political history.
Today's GDD: Charlotta Bass — the woman who refused to be intimidated.
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