
Eunice Carter
American prosecutor and pan-Africanist (1897–1970)

American prosecutor and pan-Africanist (1897–1970)
Eunice Roberta Hunton Carter (July 16, 1897 – January 25, 1970) was an American lawyer. She was one of New York's first female African-American lawyers and one of the first African-American prosecutors 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 led a massive prostitution racketeering investigation, building the case and strategy that allowed New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey to successfully charge Mafioso kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano with compulsory prostitution.
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