Source: Will Doran, NEWS & OBSERVER, 1/3/19


When Anita Earls won a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court this past November, much attention went to how the new Democratic judge’s presence on the court might affect high-profile legal issues like gerrymandering or the ongoing power struggle between the governor and legislature. Earls was sworn in Thursday after unseating a Republican justice. After taking her oath, she told the assembled crowd about how she was inspired by her grandmother, a black woman who was born in 1899 and never learned to read or write.

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