Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York / by Amy Hill Hearth.
| Author/creator |
Hearth, Amy Hill, 1958- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2018 |
| Description | 143 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
African Americans--Civil rights --New York (State) --New York --History --19th century --Juvenile literature.
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| Contents | Three notes about languages -- Part I: A day like no other. 1. "Those monsters in human form". The first New Yorkers -- 2. Stray dogs and pickpockets. Slavery in the north ; Timeline: The end of slavery in northern states -- 3. A city divided by race. What was Jim Crow? -- 4. "I screamed murder with all my voice" -- 5. "You will sweat for this!" -- 6. An admired family. Frederick Douglas and the black press ; Who should go to school? -- 7. A "shameful" and "loathsome" issue. Trying to make a difference ; William Lloyd Garrison and The Liberator ; Horace Greeley and the New York daily tribune -- 8. A future U.S. president. The Fugitive Slave Act ; Chester A. Arthur : his early years -- 9. Elizabeth Jennings v. Third Avenue Railroad Company. Getting to Brooklyn -- 10. The jury's decision -- Part II: A forgotten hero. 11. An uncanny similarity to Rosa Parks -- 12. What happened to Elizabeth Jennings? The Civil War Draft Riots ; The first free kindergarten for colored children in New York city -- 13. How a creepy old house led to the writing of this book -- 14. Retracing her footsteps -- Postscript: Chester A. Arthur : tragedy leads to presidency -- Author's note about Elizabeth Jennings age in 1854 -- Elizabeth Jennings life within a historical timeline -- Important locations. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111) and index. |
| Audience | 1120 Lexile |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2017959047 |
| ISBN | 0062673602 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780062673602 (hardcover) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B G7603H | ✔ Available | Place Hold |