Title Mighty justice : the untold story of civil rights trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree / Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe ; adapted by Jabari Asim.

Publication Info.	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2020.
	©2020

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Canton Public Library - Children's Department	J BIO ROUNDTREE	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Children's Department	JB ROUNDTREE DOVEY	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 323.092 ROUNDTREE	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography	J B-ROUNDTREE ROU	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	J92 ROUNDTREE	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J92 ROUNDTREE	Check Shelf

Edition	First young reader's edition.
Description	200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	Includes index.
	"Adapted from the book Justice older than the law : the life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe, originally published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2009 and reissued as Mighty justice : my life in civil rights by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing, in 2019."-- Title page verso.
Summary	A biography of Dovey Johnson Roundtree--one of the first black women to break the racial and gender barriers in the US Army, and an attorney in the segregated courtrooms of Washington, D.C.
Subject	Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018 -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Civil rights -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	African American women lawyers -- Biography.
	Women lawyers -- Biography.
	Segregation -- Law and legislation.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical.
	African American women lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00799505
	Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
	Segregation -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst01111209
	Women lawyers. (OCoLC)fst01178096
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Autobiographies.
Added Author	Asim, Jabari, 1962- adapter.
	Adaptation of (expression): McCabe, Katie. Justice older than the law.
	Adaptation of (expression): Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018. Mighty justice.
	McCabe, Katie, author.
ISBN	9781250229007 (hardback)
	1250229006 (hardback)

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