Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist, Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz, born Betty Dean Sanders and also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate,and the wife of who?
Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won a corresponding Golden Globe Award. Bassett has additionally portrayed Betty Shabazz in both "Malcolm X" (1992) and "Panther" (1995), Katherine Jackson in "" (1992), Rosa Parks in "The Rosa Parks Story" (2002), Voletta Wallace in "Notorious" (2009) and Coretta Scott King in "Betty & Coretta" (2013). Bassett's performance as Parks was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Charlotta Bass Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass (February 14, 1874 – April 12, 1969) was an American educator, newspaper publisher-editor, and civil rights activist. Bass was probably the first African-American woman to own and operate a newspaper in the United States; she published the "California Eagle" from 1912 until 1951. In 1952, Bass became the first African-American woman nominated for Vice President, as a candidate of the Progressive Party.