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

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

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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 > United States > Biography Women lawyers > United States > Biography Segregation in transportation > Law and legislation > United States > History Segregation > Law and legislation > United States > History Civil rights > United States > History United States > Race relations > History
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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
Benediction