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Author:

Asim, Jabari, 1962- adapter.

Title:

Mighty justice : the untold story of civil rights trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree / Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe ; adapted by Jabari Asim.

Edition:

First young reader's edition.

Publisher:

Roaring Brook Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Roundtree, Dovey Johnson,--1914-2018--Juvenile literature.
African American women lawyers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women lawyers--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Segregation--History--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Roundtree, Dovey Johnson,--1914-2018.
African American women lawyers--Biography.
Women lawyers--Biography.
Segregation--Law and legislation.
Civil rights--United States--History
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Adaptation of (expression): McCabe, Katie. Justice older than the law.
Adaptation of (expression): Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018. Mighty justice.
McCabe, Katie, author.
Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018, author.

Notes:

"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. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1250229006
9781250229007

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1225199907

LCCN:

2020916485

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

FLPB224 -- Garnavillo Public Library (Garnavillo)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)