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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Date of Publication
- 2009-06-30
- EAN
- 9781604731323
- ISBN
- 160473132X
- City of Publication
- Jackson
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Weight
- 590.00 grams
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Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
160473132X
ISBN-13
9781604731323
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038795741
Product Key Features
Book Title
Justice Older than the Law : the Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, Legal Profession, Discrimination & Race Relations, Civil Rights, Lawyers & Judges, Gender & the Law, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2009
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
29.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-286969
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23
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"I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American communityeKudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian DoveyeAmazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, In Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree,” we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended separate but equal” interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy.But the new book…also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction.McCabe…accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice…I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice,” McCabe says.To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today,” the first lady writes, and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow.”Charlotte Observer, "Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe invite you to enter a home, sit down in the 'Living Room of a Black American Family'; to visit with them for a little while. You will learn so very much about determination, values, courage, manners, and the moral strength of this family. The experience will enhance your appreciation for the struggles and achievements against the odds, and the meanness of stereotypes. And you will observe the beauty and grace of honest efforts toward good and useful lives. You will see and learn American history and human history at its best."-- Dr. Walter J. Leonard, former president of Fisk University and founding committee chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new book also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice "I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new book…also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe…accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice…"I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, To read how Dovey Roundtree struggled to help others and to make a difference in our world is exalting. This book tells what one determined, unstoppable woman did with her life to change laws and traditions to make America a better, fairer, and more respectful country. It gives us another view of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Justice Thurgood Marshall, and other historic icons through her interaction with them. Katie McCabe has done a formidable job of entering Doveys mind, memory, and soul to produce this first-person account of a woman of our history whose virtues we should enshrine on a pedestal of honor.--Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), President, Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe invite you to enter a home, sit down in the ‘Living Room of a Black American Family’; to visit with them for a little while. You will learn so very much about determination, values, courage, manners, and the moral strength of this family. The experience will enhance your appreciation for the struggles and achievements against the odds, and the meanness of stereotypes. And you will observe the beauty and grace of honest efforts toward good and useful lives. You will see and learn American history and human history at its best.” -- Dr. Walter J. Leonard, former president of Fisk University and founding committee chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new book'¦also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe'¦accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice'¦"I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new book'e¦also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe'e¦accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice'e¦"I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, "I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community'¦Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey'¦Amazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, "I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey Amazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character Doveya real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the middle class,mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American communityKudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian DoveyAmazing story.Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, "I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community'e¦Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey'e¦Amazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, "I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community...Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey...Amazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new book...also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe...accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice..."I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, "In Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended 'separate but equal' interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. "But the new book also manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabe accomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voice. 'I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice,' McCabe says. "To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. 'It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today,' the first lady writes, 'and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow.'" -- Charlotte Observer, I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character Dovey” a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the middle class,” mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community…Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey…Amazing story.”Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians, "To read how Dovey Roundtree struggled to help others and to make a difference in our world is exalting. This book tells what one determined, unstoppable woman did with her life to change laws and traditions to make America a better, fairer, and more respectful country. It gives us another view of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Justice Thurgood Marshall, and other historic icons through her interaction with them. Katie McCabe has done a formidable job of entering Dovey's mind, memory, and soul to produce this first-person account of a woman of our history whose virtues we should enshrine on a pedestal of honor."--Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), President, Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe invite you to enter a home, sit down in the Living Room of a Black American Family; to visit with them for a little while. You will learn so very much about determination, values, courage, manners, and the moral strength of this family. The experience will enhance your appreciation for the struggles and achievements against the odds, and the meanness of stereotypes. And you will observe the beauty and grace of honest efforts toward good and useful lives. You will see and learn American history and human history at its best.-- Dr. Walter J. Leonard, former president of Fisk University and founding committee chair of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, In "Justice Older Than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree," we meet the pioneering lawyer and minister who was among the first black female World War II military officers. We learn how she prevailed in a desegregation case that ended "separate but equal" interstate bus travel and won acquittal for a slow-witted black man accused of murdering a mistress of John F. Kennedy. But the new bookealso manages to immerse readers in Roundtree's life, creating a real sense of what it was like to live as a black person in segregated Charlotte and the Jim Crow South. Often, the narrative reads like a work of fiction. McCabeeaccomplishes this partly by writing in Roundtree's first-person voicee"I became more and more convinced, if my goal was to get her soul and her spirit across to people, that could only be done with her voice," McCabe says. To mark the book's publication, first lady Michelle Obama has written a letter of tribute. "It is on the shoulders of people like Dovey Johnson Roundtree that we stand today," the first lady writes, "and it is with her commitment to our core ideals that we will continue moving toward a better tomorrow." Charlotte Observer, To read how Dovey Roundtree struggled to help others and to make a difference in our world is exalting. This book tells what one determined, unstoppable woman did with her life to change laws and traditions to make America a better, fairer, and more respectful country. It gives us another view of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Justice Thurgood Marshall, and other historic icons through her interaction with them. Katie McCabe has done a formidable job of entering Dovey’s mind, memory, and soul to produce this first-person account of a woman of our history whose virtues we should enshrine on a pedestal of honor.” --Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), President, Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, "I simply loved this book. I have a proclivity for fiction and find the character "Dovey" a real, heartfelt woman whose humble beginnings reflect the progress of the race from the 1920s to the 1960s. Her matriculation at Spelman, her internal conflict entering the "middle class," mentoring by Mary McLeod Bethune, all humanize the raw emotions thousands of early twentieth-century achievers must have encountered with living the dreams of the entire African American community…Kudos in crafting an engaging read from the well-lived life of minister, lawyer, military and humanitarian Dovey…Amazing story." Citation of the judges, 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Association of Black Women Historians
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Winner of the Association of Black Women Historians' 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital, from the white male bastion of the World War II Army to the male stronghold of Howard University Law School, from the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to minister-in all these places Dovey Johnson Roundtree (b. 1914) sought justice. Though she is a legendary African American figure in the legal community of Washington, D.C., she remains largely unknown to the American public. Justice Older than the Law is her story, the product of a remarkable, ten-year collaboration with National Magazine Award winner Katie McCabe. As a prot g of Mary McLeod Bethune, Roundtree became one of the first women to break the gender and color barriers in the United States military. Inspired by Thurgood Marshall and James Madison Nabrit, Jr., at Howard University Law School, Roundtree went on to make history by winning a 1955 bus desegregation case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company. That decision demolished "separate but equal" in the realm of interstate transportation and enabled Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to combat southern resistance to the Freedom Riders' campaign in 1961. At a time when black attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the bathrooms, Roundtree took on Washington's white legal establishment and prevailed. She led the vanguard of women ordained to the ministry in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1961 and merged her law practice with her ministry to fight for families and children being destroyed by urban violence. Hers is a vision of biblical and social justice older by far than the law, and her life story speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times., Winner of the Association of Black Women Historians' 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, to the segregated courtrooms of the nation's capital, from the white male bastion of the World War II Army to the male stronghold of Howard University Law School, from the pulpits of churches where women had waited for years for the right to minister-in all these places Dovey Johnson Roundtree (b. 1914) sought justice. Though she is a legendary African American figure in the legal community of Washington, D.C., she remains largely unknown to the American public. Justice Older than the Law is her story, the product of a remarkable, ten-year collaboration with National Magazine Award winner Katie McCabe. As a protégé of Mary McLeod Bethune, Roundtree became one of the first women to break the gender and color barriers in the United States military. Inspired by Thurgood Marshall and James Madison Nabrit, Jr., at Howard University Law School, Roundtree went on to make history by winning a 1955 bus desegregation case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company . That decision demolished "separate but equal" in the realm of interstate transportation and enabled Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to combat southern resistance to the Freedom Riders' campaign in 1961. At a time when black attorneys had to leave the courthouses to use the bathrooms, Roundtree took on Washington's white legal establishment and prevailed. She led the vanguard of women ordained to the ministry in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1961 and merged her law practice with her ministry to fight for families and children being destroyed by urban violence. Hers is a vision of biblical and social justice older by far than the law, and her life story speaks movingly and urgently to our racially troubled times.
LC Classification Number
KF373.R686M34 2009
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