Rosanell Eaton

Rosanell Eaton (born 1921 North Carolina) is a civil rights worker. When she was 21 years old, she became one of the first African Americans to vote in her county after completing a literacy test. She has registered more than 4,000 citizens to vote in North Carolina.

Contents

• 93 year old voting right activist rosanell eaton on politicsnation
• 95 and Fighting for Voters Rights in North Carolina The New York Times
• References

In August 2015, President Obama, in his response to the New York Times cover story on "Efforts over the last 50 years to dismantle the protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965", wrote that he was inspired by people like Rosanell Eaton.