{"product_id":"mighty-justice-my-life-in-civil-rights-9781616209551","title":"Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Dovey Johnson Roundtree set a new path for women and proved that the vision and perseverance of a single individual can turn the tides of history.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Michelle Obama\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMighty Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree recounts her inspiring life story that speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times. From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital; from the male stronghold of the army where she broke gender and color barriers to the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to minister--in all these places, Roundtree sought justice. At a time when African American attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the bathroom, Roundtree took on Washington's white legal establishment and prevailed, winning a 1955 landmark bus desegregation case that would help to dismantle the practice of \"separate but equal\" and shatter Jim Crow laws. Later, she led the vanguard of women ordained to the ministry in the AME Church in 1961, merging her law practice with her ministry to fight for families and children being destroyed by urban violence. \u003cbr\u003e Dovey Roundtree passed away in 2018 at the age of 104. Though her achievements were significant and influential, she remains largely unknown to the American public. \u003ci\u003eMighty Justice\u003c\/i\u003e corrects the historical record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616209551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662247260316,"sku":"9781616209551","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_efea8edb-d640-4578-9939-295053af2894.jpg?v=1603901463","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mighty-justice-my-life-in-civil-rights-9781616209551","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}