Dovey Undaunted: A Black Woman Breaks Barriers in the Law, the Military, and the Ministry

by Tonya Bolden

Overview

Coretta Scott King Honor–winning author Tonya Bolden chronicles the life of an intrepid lawyer and civil rights pioneer.

Dovey Johnson Roundtree was most famous for her successful defense of an indigent Black man accused of the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer, a prominent white Washington, DC, socialite, in 1965. Despite her triumph in this high-profile case, Roundtree continued to represent the poor and the underserved. She was the first lawyer to bring a bus desegregation case before the Interstate Commerce Commission, clinching the ruling that enabled Robert F. Kennedy to enforce bus integration. She was also among the first Black women to enter the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, and was one of the first ordained female ministers in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Tracing Roundtree’s life from her childhood in Jim Crow North Carolina through her adulthood, Tonya Bolden illuminates a little-known figure in American history who believed the law should serve the people, and places her firmly in the context of twentieth-century civil rights and African American culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781324003182
Publisher:	Norton Young Readers
Publication date:	08/31/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	25 MB
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Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Tonya Bolden is a children’s writer who has authored more than forty books. She has received a Coretta Scott King Book Award honor as well as the James Madison Award. She lives in the Bronx, New York.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

11 Those Poor Broken Feet 7

2 God's House 12

3 Worthy Wish 21

4 Miracle-Maker 30

5 No 36

6 No Glamour Girls Need Apply 43

7 All-In 49

8 Of Courage and Conviction 59

9 Her Legacy to Me 66

10 Shatter the Monster 73

11 Of Sacredness 79

12 A Calling 87

13 Hurting in Every Way 99

14 Incapable 105

15 Minister in the Family 112

16 No Words. Only Breathing 115

17 Voir Dire 120

18 Scared to Death 124

19 Thank You, Sir 130

20 To Simplicity 141

21 Hair Is Not Like Fingerprints 148

22 Exhibit A 155

23 Adler Heels 158

24 If Justice Is to Be Done 164

25 Wept 167

Coda 169

Acknowledgments 175

Notes 177

Selected Sources 203

Picture Credits 204

Index 205