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Mighty justice : the untold story of civil rights trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
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- Summary
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A biography of Dovey Johnson Roundtree--one of the first black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army, and an attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, D.C.
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- Creator
- Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe ; adapted by Jabari Asim
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- First young reader's edition
- New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020
- ©2020
- Physical Details
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- 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781250229007, 1250229006
- OCLC
- on1225199907
- Includes index.
- "Adapted from the book Justice older than the law : the life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, originally published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2009 and reissued as Mighty justice : my life in civil rights by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing, in 2019."-- Title page verso.
Subjects
- Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018 -- Juvenile literature.
- African American women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
- Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018.
Children's Subject Heading
- African American women lawyers -- Biography.
Children's Subject Heading
- Women lawyers -- Biography.
Children's Subject Heading
- Segregation -- Law and legislation.
Children's Subject Heading
- Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Children's Subject Heading