1st Black woman to serve in NC General Assembly dies, flags ordered to half-staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state services to half-staff till sundown on Friday in honor of former North Carolina Home Consultant Annie Brown Kennedy.

Kennedy died on Tuesday at age 98. An Atlanta native, Kennedy was a companion in a household legislation agency of Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy and Kennedy in Winston-Salem.

She was the second African American feminine lawyer in North Carolina and served as the primary African American feminine presidential elector in 1976 for the state.

Gov. Jim Hunt appointed Kennedy to characterize N.C. Home District 29 in 1979 to fill a vacated seat. She would characterize the 66th district in North Carolina’s state Home.

She was the primary Black girl to serve within the N.C. Normal Meeting.

“My buddy, Rep. Annie Brown Kennedy, was a rare public servant who paved the best way for future leaders in our state as the primary African American girl to serve within the NC Normal Meeting,” Governor Cooper mentioned. “Our prayers are together with her household and family members at the moment.”