Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York / by Amy Hill Hearth.
2018
F128.9.N4 H43 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York / by Amy Hill Hearth.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062673602 (hardcover)
0062673602 (hardcover)
0062673602 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Language
English
Description
143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Call Number
F128.9.N4 H43 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
323.092 B
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111) and index.
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Table of Contents
"Those monsters in human form"
Stray dogs and pickpockets
A city divided by race
"I screamed murder with all my voice"
"You will sweat for this!"
An admired family
A "shameful" and "loathsome" issue
A future U.S. president
Elizabeth Jennings v. Third Avenue Railroad Company
The jury's decision
An uncanny similarity to Rosa Parks
What happened to Elizabeth Jennings?
How a creepy old house led to the writing of this book
Retracing her footsteps
Chester A. Arthur : tragedy leads to presidency.
Stray dogs and pickpockets
A city divided by race
"I screamed murder with all my voice"
"You will sweat for this!"
An admired family
A "shameful" and "loathsome" issue
A future U.S. president
Elizabeth Jennings v. Third Avenue Railroad Company
The jury's decision
An uncanny similarity to Rosa Parks
What happened to Elizabeth Jennings?
How a creepy old house led to the writing of this book
Retracing her footsteps
Chester A. Arthur : tragedy leads to presidency.