The study examined the leadership role of Charlotta Bass, the editor/publisher of the California Eagle in Los Angeles during the 1950s. Bass helped lead a massive protest campaign in the legal case for Wesley Robert Wells, an inmate sentenced to death row in 1947. During the Cold War, scholars recognized that Black women challenged patriarchal leadership by creating their own paths toward Black radicalism. Bass’ leadership is significant because it adds to pre-Civil Rights Movement activism and protests literature. Her newspaper supported Wells’ campaign targeted at bringing awareness of racism within the prison system. Bass also served as the chairman of the Wesley Wells Legal Defense committee, where she produced a newsletter. Bass played a vital role in the case on several fronts as she brought attention to racism within criminal justice practices, prison violence and capital punishment.

该研究调查了 Charlotta Bass 的领导作用，她是 1950 年代洛杉矶加利福尼亚鹰报的编辑/出版商。在 1947 年被判死刑的囚犯韦斯利·罗伯特·威尔斯 (Wesley Robert Wells) 的法律案件中，巴斯帮助领导了一场大规模的抗议活动。在冷战期间，学者们认识到黑人女性通过开辟自己的通往黑人激进主义的道路来挑战父权制领导。巴斯的领导意义重大，因为它增加了民权运动前的激进主义和抗议文学。她的报纸支持威尔斯的运动，旨在提高监狱系统内对种族主义的认识。巴斯还担任韦斯利威尔斯法律辩护委员会主席，在那里她制作了一份时事通讯。