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 Winner of the 2022 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award

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"Makes magic out of a true moment, as the best picture books do."

                       Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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"... a poignant glimpse into the childhood of a storied civil rights luminary" 

               Publisher's Weekly, starred review

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"... an ode to ancestral Black courage and joy"

 Shelf Awareness, starred review

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"... A moving memoir of a true American heroine."

       School Library Journal, starred review

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"One story

cannot change

the world . . .

but one child can." 

Dovey Roundtree, Mighty Justice

Dovey Johnson Roundtree

with her godson, James Pritchett, 2002

Dovey on the Next Generation
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