“You did it.”She registered and cast her ballot that year, 1942, becoming one of the state’s first black voters since Reconstruction. During the civil rights turmoil of the 1960s, she and her family were threatened repeatedly by night riders, according to federal court papers. North Carolina’s effort, a half-century later, to impose restrictive changes on voting laws prompted Ms. Eaton to join a peaceful protest outside the Legislature in Raleigh in 2013. “Mother Rosanell Eaton was a warrior for justice who gave the most for her people in an utterly selfless way,” Dr. Spearman told The Times. She rose up to champion voting rights and her people.”

Source: New York Times December 09, 2018 18:11 UTC