Lizzie demands a seat! : Elizabeth Jennings fights for streetcar rights
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020]
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary
One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened all because of her race -- even though New York was a free state at that time. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court -- where future president Chester Arthur represented her -- and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent.
Subjects
- African American women > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- African Americans > Civil rights > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- Segregation in transportation > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century > Juvenile literature.
- African American teachers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Civil rights workers.
- African American women.
- African American teachers.
- African Americans.
- African Americans > Civil rights.
- Segregation in transportation.
- New York (State) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
- New York (State) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- New York (State) > Race relations.
- New York (State) > Biography.
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901 > Juvenile literature.
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901.