McCabe is an award-winning journalist who co-authored an autobiographical account of the life and times of Dovey Johnson Roundtree, a prominent leader in the U.S. civil rights movement. Your reaction should focus on the parts of the book that resonate the most with you. Some ideas to consider include: justice, due process, equality, fairness, equal protection under the law, public service, race, gender, education, spiritual development, and/or family. The assignment should be approximately 5 pages in length. Text: McCabe, Katie and Dovey Johnson Roundtree. 2009. Justice Older than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.......................................................................................PREVIEW OF THE PAPER...........................................................................................................McCabe and Roundtree “Justice Older than the Law: The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree” is an autobiographical book that chronologically narrates the life story of Dovey Johnson Roundtree. Being an African American woman, Roundtree beats the odds by becoming the first woman to dismantle both the color and gender obstacles in the U.S army. Although she was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Roundtree “walked unafraid” and “made something of herself” through the segregated courtrooms of Washington, to the World War 2, and also made through the male-dominated Howard University Law School. Besides being the first woman to minister in the church, Roundtree was a respected African American figure in legal justice, which is a legacy she left behind. In 1955, Roundtree made history when she won the case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company. Through her legal expertise, the famous “separate but equal” doctrine in the sector of freeway transportation was abolished. General Robert F. Kennedy was then able to battle the revolts in the south to the Freedom Rider’s operations of 1961. She even prevailed in Washington’s White legal establishment where the black attorneys were forced to leave the court buildings to utilize the bathroom. She, later on, combined her legal practice with her Christianity to champion for children and families affected by violence. Roundtree story, which is a view inspired by religious teachings and moral justice speaks urgently and movingly to our prejudiced and troubled society. [Show Less]