Streetcar to justice, how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
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Label
Streetcar to justice, how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York, by Amy Hill Hearth
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 8 to 12
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 3 to 7
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Streetcar to justice
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
982429647
Responsibility statement
by Amy Hill Hearth
Sub title
how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York
Summary
A portrait of a lesser-known hero in the history of desegregation traces the mid-19th-century activist case of young Elizabeth Jennings, who successfully won a major lawsuit against a New York City streetcar company with the support of Frederick Douglass after being refused a seat on a segregated streetcar
Target audience
pre adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901 -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Civil rights workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901 -- Juvenile literature
- New York (State) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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