We’ve spoken about Yolande Betbeze several times.  She was a Basque-American who won the 1951 Miss America pageant, and who used the prestige and renown this afforded her to make the world a better place. This woman, who was very proud of her Basque origins (she was known as “The Basque Spitfire” for her family’s origins and … Continue reading An amazing woman, who received a letter from Obama thanking her for her lifelong struggle for civil rights, has passed away