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Annie Brown Kennedy, a trailblazing attorney, politician and civil rights leader in Winston-Salem, has died. Kennedy broke through multiple barriers for Black women in North Carolina. She was one of the first to become a licensed attorney in the state, the first in the General Assembly and the first to serve as a presidential elector. U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (D-12th) says Kennedy was a mentor to her.
Annie Brown Kennedy, the first Black woman to serve in the N.C. General Assembly and a prominent local attorney, died Tuesday of natural causes at her Winston-Salem home, a family