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Streetcar to justice : how Elizabeth Jennings won the right to ride in New York /

"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 transpo...

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Main Author: Hearth, Amy Hill, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, > 1827-1901.
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.
New York (State) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
New York (State) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Illustrated children's books.
African American women.
Women > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Social Activists.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > Women.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > People & Places > United States > African American.
African Americans.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
Segregation in transportation.
New York (State)
New York (State) > New York.
1800-1899
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.

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Call Number: F128.9.N4 H43 2018
 
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