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Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe
Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe

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·Nov 6, 2019

My Grandmother, the Segregated Trolley, and Me

In this excerpt from the late civil rights lawyer Dovey Johnson Roundtree’s memoir, we learn about her early brush with Jim Crow — A lawyer and unsung hero of the civil rights movement, Dovey Johnson Roundtree successfully helped desegregate interstate bus travel in 1955. She famously defended Raymond Crump Jr., a Black man, against charges that he’d murdered a White socialite named Mary Pinchot Meyer. …

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My Grandmother, the Segregated Trolley, and Me
My Grandmother, the Segregated Trolley, and Me
Culture

10 min read

Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe

Dovey Johnson Roundtree and Katie McCabe

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Dovey Roundtree was a civil rights attorney and minister. She co-wrote Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights with National Magazine Award winner Katie McCabe.

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