Rose That Grew From Concrete (Roxanne Conlin)

Roxanne Conlin is like a rose that bloomed from concrete.

As the eldest of six siblings, she endured a traumatic upbringing in a household plagued by violence, where her father's alcoholism led him to inflict both mental and physical abuse on her mother and children. Nevertheless, Roxanne persevered and rose to become a prominent and influential civil rights attorney in Iowa.

Book Referenced to this episode: Unstoppable The Nine Lives of Roxanne Barton Conlin
Author: William B. Fredricks