be appointed to the North Carolina Superior Court. Years later, Sharp became the first American woman to be elected chief justice of a Supreme Court. Judge Sharp actively pushed against the Equal Rights Amendment and has been credited for the dismissal of the ERA in North Carolina. She argued, similarly to other public figures of the time, that the Fourteenth Amendment was sufficient protection. Sharp believed that the implementation of the ERA would eradicate “special protections” for women. She is buried in Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville.

Anna Hayes. Without Precedent: The Life of Susie Marshall Sharp. University of North Carolina Press, 2008

HKonJ, Jones Street, Raleigh

On Feb. 13, 2016, tens of thousands of people marched in the annual “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition to protest voterrestrictions in North Carolina. The state had eliminated same-day registration and out-of-district voting, while also requiring that voters had official identification in order to vote. These new changes targeted people of color, women, gender non-conforming folks, and other marginalized groups, which incited the direction of the HKonJ’s peaceful march in 2016.

On Feb. 13, 2016, tens of thousands of people marched in the annual “Historic Thousands on Jones Street” (HKonJ) People’s Assembly Coalition to protest voter restrictions in North Carolina. The state had eliminated same-day registration and out-of-district voting, while also requiring that voters had official identification in order to vote. These new changes targeted people of color, women, gender non-conforming folks, and other marginalized groups, which incited the direction of the HKonJ’s peaceful march in 2016. Alfred Johnson