Eunice Carter
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Eunice Roberta Hunton July 16, 1899 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Died | January 25, 1970 (aged 70) New York City |
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| Employer | Manhattan District Attorney |
| Known for | prosecution of mobster Charlie “Lucky” Luciano |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lisle Carter, Sr. |
| Children | Lisle Carter, Jr |
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Eunice Roberta Hunton Carter (1899 - 1970) was one of New York's first female African-American lawyers, and one of the first prosecutors of color in the United States. She was active in the Pan-African Congress and in United Nations committees to advance the status of women in the world. She was also instrumental in aiding New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey with successfully charging Mafioso kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano with compulsory prostitution.
Carter was born in Atlanta in 1899, the daughter of William Alphaeus Hunton, Sr. (founder of the black division of the Y.M.C.A.) and Addie Waites Hunton (a social worker); both were college educated. Her paternal grandfather Stanton Hunton purchased his freedom from slavery before the American Civil War. Her brother, W. Alphaeus Hunton, Jr., was an author, academic and activist noted for his involvement with the Council on African Affairs and promotion of Pan-African identity. The family moved from Atlanta to Brooklyn, New York after the 1906 Atlanta race riot. They attended local schools. Their mother, Addie Hunton, was active with the NAACP and the YMCA, achieving national status. She was selected as one of two women to go to France during World War I to check on the condition of United States black servicemen.
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