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Justice older than the law : the life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCabe, Katie
Other Authors: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, > 1914-
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
African American lawyers > Biography.
Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
Segregation in transportation > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Segregation > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
Civil rights > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Walking unafraid
  • Making somethin' of yourself
  • "Pass it on": Spelman and the legacy of Mae Neptune
  • My America
  • "Everybody's war"
  • Uneasy peace
  • Making war on a lie: the assault on Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Taking on "the Supreme Court of the Confederacy": the case of Sarah Louise Keys
  • At the threshold of justice
  • Out of the darkness
  • "Peer of the most powerful"
  • Healing the brokenness.