Description: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 ofinequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women tobreak the racial and gender barriers in the US Army when women were barely allowed to serve; a fierceattorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in Black churches, where womenhad never before had the chance to speak. In 1955, Roundtree won a landmark bus desegregation case thateventually 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mighty Justice: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree. To get started finding Mighty Justice: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Mighty Justice: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Description: 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 ofinequality at an early age and made a point to speak up for justice. She was one of the first Black women tobreak the racial and gender barriers in the US Army when women were barely allowed to serve; a fierceattorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, DC; and a minister in Black churches, where womenhad never before had the chance to speak. In 1955, Roundtree won a landmark bus desegregation case thateventually 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mighty Justice: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree. To get started finding Mighty Justice: The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.