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Katie McCabe

Katie McCabe

Katie McCabe Biography

Katie McCabe is a freelance writer whose National Magazine Award–winning article on African American medical legend Vivien Thomas was the basis for the HBO film Something the Lord Made, winner of three Emmys and a Peabody Award. McCabe lives in Washington, DC. Mighty Justice is the product of her ten-year collaboration with Dovey Johnson Roundtree.



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    Mighty Justice

    Try:
    The World According to Fannie Davis
    by Bridgett M. Davis

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    Caseen Gaines

    Caseen Gaines is an author, director, educator and pop culture historian. His books include We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy and The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History.

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    Mighty Justice

    Try:
    When Broadway Was Black
    by Caseen Gaines

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