We wait for the sun

The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.

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Main Authors: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-2018 (Author), McCabe, Katie (Author)
Other Authors: Figueroa, Raissa (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781250229021
1250229022
Author Notes:

Dovey Johnson Roundtree was an attorney and minister who was one of the first women to be commissioned an Army officer and who helped win a landmark case banning segregation in interstate bus travel. She died in 2018 at the age of 104.

Katie McCabe is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washingtonian Magazine , Baltimore Magazine , and Reader's Digest , among others. Her National Magazine Award-winning article on black medical legend Vivien Thomas was the basis for the HBO film Something the Lord Made , winner of three Emmys and a 2005 Peabody award.

Raissa Figueroa is a children's book illustrator and overall art lover based out of San Diego, California. She loves taking early morning walks through her neighborhood to greet the sun before it rises with her dog, Ghost, to gather inspiration from the beauty of nature that surrounds us. She is also the illustrator of Sophie and the Little Star , written by Amber Hendricks.