Streetcar to justice: : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York

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Label

Streetcar to justice: : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York

Title remainder

how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York

Statement of responsibility

by Amy Hill Hearth

Creator

• trueHearth, Amy Hill, 1958-

Author

• trueHearth, Amy Hill, 1958-

Subject

• trueAfrican American civil rights
• African American women -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- Civil rights
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Biographies
• trueCivil rights
• Civil rights workers -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901 -- Juvenile literature
• New York (State) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• trueNew York City
• trueRace relations
• Race relations -- History
• trueRacism
• trueSegregation in transportation
• Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueUnited States -- Race relations
• trueAfrican American women
• African American women -- Biography

Genre

• Juvenile literature
• Biographies
• trueBiography

Language

eng

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

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueRichly detailed

Award

ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

• 323.092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 7

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile