Sylura Barron | |
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 Sylura Barron, from a 1942 publication. | |
| Born | Sylura Richardson December 25, 1900 Mansfield, Louisiana |
| Died | 4 November 1997 (aged 96) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | first African-American woman delegate to a national political convention (1948) |
Sylura Richardson Barron (December 25, 1900 – November 4, 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.