Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
Description:
Starred reviews hail Streetcar to Justice as "a book that belongs in any civil rights library collection" (Publishers Weekly) and "completely fascinating and unique” (Kirkus).
An ALA Notable Book
Bestselling author and journalist 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.
On her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court. Represented by a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (a future president of the United States) she was victorious, marking a major victory in the fight to desegregate New York City’s public transportation.
Amy Hill Hearth, bestselling author of Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, illuminates a lesser-known benchmark in the struggle for equality in the United States, while painting a vivid picture of the diverse Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in the mid-1800s.
Includes sidebars, extensive illustrative material, notes, and an index.
Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780062673602
Frequently Asked Questions about Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
The price for the book starts from $5.31 on Amazon and is available from 29 sellers at the moment.
If you’re interested in selling back the Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.
As for the Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.
Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York book is in low demand now as the rank for the book is 145,548 at the moment. It's a low rank, and the book has not much sales on Amazon.
Not enough insights yet.