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How Eunice Hunton Carter Took on the Mob, 'The Watcher'

11.19.2018 - By WNYCPlay

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Professor Stephen L. Carter, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School, joins us to discuss his new book, Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster. The bestselling author delves into his past and discovers the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life. Without the strategy that Eunice Hunton Carter devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted. When special prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey selected twenty lawyers to help him clean up the city’s underworld, she was the only member of his team who was not a white male.

 

Clemency Burton-Hill joins us to offer her thoughts on the best classical music for the day.

 

New York Magazine contributing editor Reeves Wiedeman joins us to discuss his recent piece in The Cut, “The Watcher.” Derek and Maria Broaddus bought their dream house in Westfield, New Jersey. But according to the creepy letters they started to get, they weren’t the only ones interested in it. For the first time since their ordeal made national news, the family speaks out about their harrowing experience.

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