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"Dovey Johnson Roundtree . . . proved that a single individual can turn the tides of history."

Michelle Obama

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Dovey on being a proud Black woman

Timeline of Dovey's life

Website developed with the support of the Dovey Johnson Roundtree Educational Trust. For information on rights and permissions, contact Jesseca Salky at Salky Literary Management.

Above left, shotgun houses in Dovey Roundtree's Charlotte, NC childood home (courtesy of Charlotte Public Library, Carolina Spangler Room)

Above right, the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C., where Dovey Roundtree won her historic 1955 bus desegregation case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.

All photos on this site courtesy of the Dovey Johnson Roundtree Educational Trust unless otherwise specified.

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