Eunice Carter was the first African-American woman to work as a prosecutor in the New York County(Manhattan) District Attorney’s Office. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, she was the first black woman to graduate from Fordham Law School in 1932. As a key assistant to special prosecutor , Thomas Dewey, she is credited with establishing key facts in the prosecution of mobster Charlie “Lucky” Luciano. Carter continued to work with Thomas Dewey and the District Attorney’s Office until 1945, when she started her own practice. She was active with the United Nations, National Council of Negro Women and YWCA until her death in 1970.