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Mighty justice : my life in civil rights

Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018,

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Dovey Johnson Roundtree was an African American civil rights leader and activist, an attorney and an ordained minister.  She overcame discriminatory obstacles and became a lawyer who for civil rights for African Americans. In 1955, along with her law partner, Julius Winfield Robinson, they won a case presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission that helped overturn Jim Crow laws.

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  • Read review by: Sheryn Morris

    Dovey Johnson Roundtree was an African American civil rights leader and activist, an attorney and an ordained minister. Her life and contributions are not that well known.  Born in 1914, she came of age in a time when African Americans could take nothing for granted about their personal safety, and...

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