Eye on Congress:The Big Story

The struggle to ensure people have access to the ballot box is one that G.K. Butterfield and his family have been involved in dating back to the early 20th Century. The North Carolina Democrat’s history in Wilson, N.C., is indelibly shaped by his immigrant father and his decades-long advocacy on behalf of Black suffrage in a place notoriously resistant to it. It extends through Butterfield's own place in the Civil Rights Era, and continues to the present day with his own legislative priorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices