She seems an unlikely activist and hero. For food, she and her daughters could only afford rice, cabbage, and gravy while she made her daughters clothes out of the bags the rice came in. Caitlin Atwater is Kathleen Peterson's daughter with her first husband, Fred Atwater. Ellis was the son of a millworker and was raised in poverty. She made dresses out of flour and rice bags for her daughters to wear. He went on to organize labor unions for both blacks and whites. Copyright 2023 HistoryvsHollywood.com, CTF Media. When her job as a maid ended, she found herself living in a dilapidated house in North Durham on a Both Atwater and Ellis have since passed away, but their legacies live today through their family members. [2], After Atwater co-led the charrette, she continued to work with the poor and middle-class black community in Durham. She credits her parents for teaching her the value of discipline and hard work, which has been the foundation for her success as a community activist. She was making progress. Patrick Schwarzenegger and Dane DeHaan as Todd and Clayton Peterson in The Staircase on HBO Max. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Ellis has died at age 78. Like his older brother Clayton, Todd Peterson stood by his father's side during the trial and today. Ellis lived across the tracks in a neighborhood nearly as destitute, but white. I didn't like the demonstrations downtown. Im not following you any further. Soon, she divorced him. They don't have any evidence to some of the things that they do and some of the opinions they make. He grabbed my hand and said, Dont give them the satisfaction.'. Civil rights activist and former Ku Klux Klansman C.P. Her first baby died soon after birth. As the civil rights movement increased in urgency and militancy, he believed acting as a spokesman on behalf of the Klan was crucial to upholding the Southern way of life and its natural social hierarchy. Ann Atwater I didn't like Ann boycotting stores. Yes. But my pastor was sitting there and saw me holding the knife. She had little faith that hed be able to get her landlord to do anything, but she agreed to go with him to a meeting for his organization. Atwater quickly rose to become a formidable spokeswoman for the poor in Durham. Revelations about Margaret and Martha's birth family also made Atwater doubt Michael's innocence, according to CBS News. NBC News reported that after seeing Kathleen's autopsy photos, Atwater called Margaret and said: The sisters stopped speaking after that. Ellis died in 2005 and Atwater was asked to deliver the eulogy. She moved to Durham in 1953. My husband was already here, and he sent back for me and my oldest child, and he told me he had a place for us to live, Atwater explained during the oral history interview.
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