Streetcar to justice, how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
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Label
Streetcar to justice, how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
1120L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Streetcar to justice
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1017757056
Responsibility statement
by Amy Hill Hearth
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 7.7, 3, 3, 193507
Sub title
how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York
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 and 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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
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- Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Black people + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901
- Black people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Black people + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Electronic books
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901
- Black people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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