Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this 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. One hundred years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this biography. In 1854, a young Afric...
| Title | : | Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York |
| Author | : | Amy Hill Hearth |
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| Genres | : | Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : | Streetcar to Justice: Elizabeth Jennings and the Civil Rights Case that Shook New York ISBN |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 pages pages |
Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York Reviews
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Impeccably researched and written. But what else would you expect from this author? ...
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E ARC from Edelweiss Plus One hundred years before Rosa Parks' experiences with segregated transportation, Elizabeth Jennings fought her own battle with the segregated streetcars in New York City. While black men and women were free in many parts of the north at this time, there was...
Quick and interesting middle grade nonfiction. What makes the book particularly special, I think, is its joint focus on Jennings' story AND on how stories like hers can be virtually lost to history (and later uncovered). I think some kids will be fascinated by the idea that they, too, ...
I appreciate learning more about historical figures lost to time. I give credit that I'm reading an uncorrected proof, so the grammatical errors and blank captions are understandable. But I'm baffled by the dry writing, wasted space, and the 38 pages at the end that are either bibliogr...
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RATING: 4.5 STARS (I received an ARC from the EDELWEISS) (Review Not on Blog) What a fabulous book for children and adults. Before Rosa Parks there was Elizabeth Jennings trying to win the right to ride on a streetcar. On her way to church she decides to board the first streetcar ...
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ...
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Before there was Rosa Parks in Alabama, there was Elizabeth Jennings in New York City. In 1854 Elizabeth wanted to get to church where she was accompanist for the choir. At the time there was a very convoluted system of which streetcars African Americans could ride and when, however th...
I'm glad to learn about Elizabeth Jennings and her lawsuit against the New York streetcar company that forcibly and violently cast her off of a streetcar in 1854. Sadly, the writing is dry and the story of her experience is overwhelmed by related historical information. I don't know if...
I received this through Edelweiss. This tells the story of basically unknown Elizabeth Jennings, an African American women, who challenged unfair laws in the late 1800s. When Jennings was violently forced off of a streetcar for being African American, she fought back legally, in ho...
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Excellent Excellent! I highly recommend this book to everyone regardless of age. Very good account of Elizabeth Jennings and her stand against segregated transit in NYC 100 years before Rosa Parks. ...
Disappoint, not my kind of book. It was a history of black history.. I thought I was getting a story about Elizabeth. ...- Amy Hill Hearth brings to life this little-known story of a fascinating, historical figure. The tale of how Elizabeth Jennings stood firm against racial injustice and discrimination takes place one hundred years before Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement. Hearth includes much of h...
I found the subject of this book fascinating, but the writing style was so very dry and clinical. I think younger readers would not be willing to plow through a book that reads so much like a textbook. ...
Almost exactly 100 years before Rosa Parks, Elizabeth Jennings fought for and won (with the help of a young Chester A. Arthur as her lawyer) the right to ride public transportation in New York City. Hearth's excellently researched book brings her story back into our understanding of th...- ...
- I can see why Amy Hill Hearth is a New York Times best-selling author. This book is multifaceted, containing layers of information, giving a broad picture of the history of the time and its impact on the present. One thing that struck my interest was how the author came to write the bo...
This was an informative, middle grades novel reflective of the hardships faced by African-American individuals while segregation was still quite prevalent in the United States. There were a number of facts, statistics, and citations that allowed the author to seem credible and reliable...
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