Delayed
Justice For Sale is the astonishing life story of Mahala Ashley
Dickerson, Alabama's first black female attorney. Told simply and
eloquently, it is a story of almost unbelievable courage in the face of
adversity. The daughter of country schoolteachers, Mahala finds her
early life brightened considerably by virtue of a large and loving family,
especially her parents, who taught her the value of hard work and shared
with her their lifetime love of learning. A talented student whose
academic promise is apparent immediately, Mahala graduated cum laude from
Fisk university. Then, at Howard Law School, she encounters some
of the leading legal minds of her time, such as James Nabrit, Thurgood
Marshall, Spottswood Robinson, Howard Jenkins, Charles Houston, James Washington,
George Hayes, Willian Hastie and John Bussey. Launching her career
soon afterward, she is soon setting precedents and scoring major victories
in Alabama, Indiana, and Alaska, where, after some initial difficulty,
she finds herself a valued member of the homesteading community.
Never embittered by the hardship she faced, Mahala has written an inspiring
and deeply moving book.
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Mahala at age 26 when she married
Henry Dickerson
at
age 3, born August 25, 1939.
Alfred Dungee Dickerson, August 25,1939-June 22, 1960
"... I had suffered from the pains of death before.... This was a
pain the likes of which only another mother can understand ...
I lost my son, Alfred, my firstborn.
.... In the meantime, there was something else to give me the inspiration
and strenght to keep going. It was my new home -- Alaska."
