Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Dovey Johnson Roundtree (Author), Katie McCabe (Author), Bahni Turpin (Narrator),

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“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.” (Michelle Obama)

In Mighty Justice, 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, Dovey Johnson 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.

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. Mighty Justice corrects the historical record.

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11 hours and 37 minutes
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Dovey Johnson Roundtree, see all
Narrator

Bahni Turpin
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Nov. 5 2019
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English
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Audible Studios
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B07W7MTT8Y
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	11 hours and 37 minutes
Author	Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe
Narrator	Bahni Turpin
Audible.ca Release Date	November 05 2019
Publisher	Audible Studios
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07W7MTT8Y
Best Sellers Rank	#289,754 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #963 in Law Biographies (Books) #1,120 in Law (Audible Books & Originals) #2,813 in Women Biographies

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Leigh Cross

a brilliant book

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 6, 2019

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This is a superb book about one of the great heroes of the civil rights movement, Dovey Johnston Rountree, brought to life by Katie McCabe. Dovey was a woman of strength, intelligence, and legal brilliance who fought and won many battles, yet managed to preserve her own humanity throughout her scraps with the law, the US Army, the civil authorities, the education system and many others. Katie McCabe, a close friend of Dovey for many years, has managed to capture Dovey’s voice seamlessly. If you read nothing else this year, read this book.

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annajs

Informative, gripping book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 5, 2020

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This is a gripping story that takes you through the civil rights era from a first-hand account. Recommend it if you're interested in history.

Karen B. Kahn

Be Inspired!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2020

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As each one of us reflects on our responsibilities to make this a more equitable world, there is no better source of inspiration than the life of Dovey J. Roundtree, beautifully captured in her autobiography: Might Justice: My Life in Civil Rights. Through her story, words, struggles and triumphs, we witness the power of standing up for what is right when it is most difficult and have model who was lead by her values, mission and compassion. The story of "a first" Dovey J Roundtree is essential reading as we all fill in negligent holes in our history, strive to understand our place in the future and commit to carrying on a purpose to make the privileges of life available to us all. Read this book an keep it in a place on your shelves where you can pick it up when you need to hear the words of a true life changer. THIS IS A MUST READ.

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Engaging read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2021

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An insightful auto biography describing the life of ordinary women who achieved extraordinary acts. It was a pleasure to read the life story of such a impactful social change agent, whose shoulder I and my fellow alumnae/current students of Spelman stand.

Darthy Patten Johnson

Powerful Book about an American Hero

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 20, 2020

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Mighty Justice is a book about the life of a little known American hero. Mrs Dovey Johnson Roundtree’s journey took her through the civil rights movement, Washington DC politics during desegregation, and blazing a path for women to enter the Air Force against all odds.
This book was well written and I’m grateful this story was told.

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jcp

A history lesson!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2020

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Great bio on an African American hero. However, a bit too much minutiae in describing some of the court cases.

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