In Sophiatown Annie worked as a tap-dancer while participating in defiance against apartheid legislation.
She helped mobilise women from the then Orange Free State to take part in the historic anti-pass law protest.
Her grandchildren are still living in the township that is located to the southeast of Bloemfontein and was during apartheid reserved for coloureds.
[1] She was honoured by the Free State government alongside Catherine "Katrine" Louw for their participation in organising the 1956 Women’s March.
Mlamleli, the deputy chairperson provincial ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) announced that they would be building homes for the grandchildren of Annie Clorence Peters and Catherine "Katrine" Louw to pay homage to them.