Born: 25 April 1950, United States
Died: NA
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Lenora Branch
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Lenora Fulani ran for the presidency in 1988 and 1992 for the New Alliance Party. In 1988 Fulani became the first woman and first African American to appear on the ballot in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. She won 225,000 votes, or 0.2% of the November 1988 total. NAP encouraged political independence rather than party line support for either major party.“I think it’s important to recognize that when people keep voting and the same things happen, that turns them off to politics, to power, to anything. They want nothing to do with it.”