<description>&lt;p&gt;Dovey Johnson Roundtree became a lawyer at a time when no one wanted Black women to amount to anything. She&amp;rsquo;d grown up with the KKK terrorizing her neighborhood. A lucky break landed her at Spelman. Her intellect got her into Howard Law. But it was her courage that made her take on the daunting case of Ray Crump Jr. &amp;mdash; the Black man accused of killing Mary Pinchot Meyer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien

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Married to the Law

APR 30, 202540 MIN
Murder on the Towpath with Soledad O’Brien

Married to the Law

APR 30, 202540 MIN

Description

Dovey Johnson Roundtree became a lawyer at a time when no one wanted Black women to amount to anything. She’d grown up with the KKK terrorizing her neighborhood. A lucky break landed her at Spelman. Her intellect got her into Howard Law. But it was her courage that made her take on the daunting case of Ray Crump Jr. — the Black man accused of killing Mary Pinchot Meyer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.