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Title Mighty justice : the untold story of civil rights trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree / Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe ; adapted by Jabari Asim.
Author Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018, author.
Publication Info. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020.
©2020
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Location Call No. Status
 Fairview Shores  J B ROUNDTREE    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Children's  J B ROUNDTREE    Check Shelves
 South Creek  J B ROUNDTREE    Check Shelves
 Southeast  J B ROUNDTREE    Checked Out
 West Oaks  J B ROUNDTREE    Check Shelves
Edition First young reader's edition.
Description 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Note 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.
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.
Subject 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.
African American women lawyers -- Biography.
Women lawyers -- Biography.
Segregation -- Law and legislation.
Civil rights -- United States -- History
Genre Autobiographies.
Added Author Asim, Jabari, 1962- adapter.
McCabe, Katie, author.
ISBN 9781250229007 (hbk.) : $19.99
1250229006 (hbk.)