Cover image for Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York / by Amy Hill Hearth.
Title:
Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York / by Amy Hill Hearth.
ISBN:
9780062673602
Personal Author:
Hearth, Amy Hill, 1958-
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
Physical Description:
143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:
"Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this fascinating biography. In 1854, a young African American woman named Elizabeth Jennings won a major victory against a New York City streetcar company, a first step in the process of desegregating public transportation in Manhattan. This illuminating an important piece of the history of the fight for equal rights, illustrated with photographs and archival material from the period, will engage fans of Phillip Hoose's Claudette Colvin and Steve Sheinkin's Most Dangerous. One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings's refusal to leave a segregated streetcar in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan set into motion a major court case in New York City."--Provided by publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 7.7 3 193507
Personal Subject:
Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901.
Geographic Term:
New York (State) -- Race relations

New York (State) -- Biography
Subject Term:
African American women--New York (State)--New York -- Biography

African Americans--New York (State)--New York -- Biography

Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York -- Biography

African Americans -- Civil rights--New York (State)--New York -- History 19th century

Segregation in transportation--New York (State)--New York -- History 19th century

Black women--New York (State)--New York -- Biography

Black people--New York (State)--New York -- Biography

Black people -- Civil rights--New York (State)--New York -- History 19th century
Genre:
Biographies
Audience:
1120L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn982429647
Availability:
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