Dovey Roundtree is quite possibly the least told story of our podcast so far, but her legacy has impacted anyone who has ever ridden public transportation in the United States.

It's almost unfathomable to believe that a girl born in her circumstances could go on to fight Jim Crow in the military and in the U.S. legal system with some of the most important cases in our country's history.

A Spelmanite, Howard Law grad, a teacher, an Army officer, an attorney and an A.M.E. ordained minister - Dovey Roundtree's career is almost too expansive to be believed.

Sources

1. Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights by Dovey Johnson Roundtree

2. History Chicks podcast – Dovey Johnson Roundtree episode

3. Murder on the Towpath podcast with Soledad O’Brien

4. Dovey Johnson Roundtree on Wikipedia

5. NYT Obituary of DJR

6. Brooklyn Village Pics

7. Campus Mirror – Spelman newspaper pics

Recommendations

1. Kin by Tayari Jones

2. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

3. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

4. Queenie by Candice Carty Williams

5. A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly

6. The Family Business by Carl Weber

Maybe you've heard of the famous March on Washington in 1963. But do you know about the man who organized buses, lunches, speeches and all the details for roughly 250,000 people?

Give us 14 minutes of your time and soon you will!

Resources:

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio (book)

Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin on Netflix

Rustin Film on Netflix

Bayard Rustin was arrested for sitting in the White section of a public bus in 1941, 14 years before the Birmingham Bus Boycott. He orchestrated the most famous march in human history, the March on Washington. He mentored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on how to enact non-violence as a form of civil disobedience and protest.

Why don't more people know who he is? This Pride month, learn more this complicated man and his legacy (and have a few laughs too!!) with Brandon Grate.

Sources:

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio (book)

Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin on Netflix

Rustin Film on Netflix