Louise E. Peartree, outspoken voting rights advocate, dies at 109
Louise Elizabeth Peartree, 109, who encouraged Black people to vote when the Pennsylvania legislature passed a controversial voter ID law, died Wednesday, May 26, at her Philadelphia home.In 2012, after the law passed, Mrs. Peartree, then 101, told BET.com she wouldn’t let it stop her from voting.“My daughter took me to get a new ID, and I’m voting,” she said.Mrs. Peartree spent her youth in ...
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