Eunice Carter | |
---|---|
Born | Eunice Roberta Hunton July 16, 1899 Atlanta, Georgia, US |
Died | January 25, 1970 New York City, US | (aged 70)
Alma mater |
|
Occupations | |
Employer | Manhattan District Attorney |
Known for | Prosecution of mobster Charlie "Lucky" Luciano |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Lisle Carter Sr. |
Children | Lisle C. Carter |
Parents |
|
Relatives |
|
Notes | |
Eunice Roberta Hunton Carter (July 16, 1899 – 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.