Sylura Richardson Barron ( December 25 , 1900 — 1997 ) was an African-American political activist in San Diego , California from the 1940s into the 1990s . In 1948 , she became the first black woman to be a delegate at a national political convention in the United States , when she represented California at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia that year
Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
Sylura Barron