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Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
Hardcover
BiographyGeneral Juvenile Nonfiction
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9780062673602
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: Jan 2 2018
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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 and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.
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.
This meticulously researched and inspiring story of an unsung hero delivers a powerful look at:
- A Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneer: Meet Elizabeth Jennings, the schoolteacher who took a stand against segregation on a New York City streetcar--a full century before Rosa Parks.
- New York City History: A vivid portrait of life in 1850s Manhattan, from the bustling streets of the Five Points neighborhood to the challenges faced by the city's free Black community.
- An Unlikely Legal Team: The thrilling courtroom drama where Jennings, supported by Frederick Douglass, is represented by a young lawyer who would become a U.S. President, Chester A. Arthur.
- Primary Sources and Photos: Richly illustrated with archival photographs, maps, and historical documents that bring this crucial piece of American history to life for young readers.
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