Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree

by Katie McCabe

Other authorsJabari Asim (Author)

Hardcover, 2020

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Available

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Roaring Brook Press (2020), 208 pages

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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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LibraryThing member jennybeast

Dovey Johnson Roundtree is a fascinating person, and it's a true privilege to be introduced to her life and work through some of her own words. It's kind of a dry book, to be perfectly honest, but it does tell her story well, and shine a light on parts of the Civil Rights Movement that are less

well-known. Strong work, and I'm sincerely glad to see it added to the canon of children's lit.

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