Check the listing for details. 1952 FREEDOM Harlem newspaper ROBESON, HANSBERRY, CHARLOTTA BASS. Listed at 100.00 USD. 1952 FREEDOM Harlem newspaper PAUL ROBESON, LORRAINE HANSBERRY, CHARLOTTA BASS. Another front-page story about the Communist-tied Independent Progressive Party’s nomination ofLos Angeles Black newspaper publisher Charlotta Bass for Vice President of the United States; nearly 70 years before Kamala Harris, Bass was the first woman, Black or white, to run for that office.