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Title details for Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition) by Dovey Johnson Roundtree - Available

Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition)

The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree

by Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Katie McCabe
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A young reader's adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.
Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the heart of Jim Crow, Dovey Johnson Roundtree felt the sting of inequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army when women were barely allowed to serve; a fierce attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in Black churches, where women had never before had the chance to speak. In 1955, Roundtree won a landmark bus desegregation case that eventually helped end "separate but equal" and destroy insidious Jim Crow laws across the South.
There are many key figures of the civil rights movement whose names don't often appear in history books, those who fought hard for equality behind the scenes. Developed with the full support of the Dovey Johnson Roundtree Educational Trust and adapted from her memoir, this book brings her inspiring, important story and voice to life.

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  • Release date

    December 15, 2020

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593393147
      • File size: 129814 KB
      • Duration: 04:30:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2022

      Gr 7-10-Until her death at 104 in 2018, Roundtree-"a Black woman born in the early twentieth century in the Jim Crow South"-shared a remarkable 24-year friendship with McCabe, a self-described "white woman who came of age in 1950s Washington, DC." Theirs was a "critical partnership" that produced Roundtree's 2009 memoir, Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights. Bahni Turpin, who voiced that original audiobook, returns, her dexterous register perfectly adjusted for younger ears. Turpin especially excels in embodying the women crucial to enabling Roundtree's heroism, including her beloved grandmother, her Spelman College mentors, and Mary McLeod Bethune. McCabe notes, "I am sorry that Dovey did not live to see this [middle-grade] book, because she believed so deeply in our obligation to young people." Multifaceted, multi-genre awarded Asim's worthy adaptation is an encouraging gift to youth. VERDICT Once more, Turpin does mighty justice to presenting Roundtree's inspiring life.

      Copyright 2022 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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