Lizzie demands a seat! : Elizabeth Jennings fights for streetcar rights

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Label

Lizzie demands a seat! : Elizabeth Jennings fights for streetcar rights

Title remainder

Elizabeth Jennings fights for streetcar rights

Statement of responsibility

Beth Anderson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis

Creator

• trueAnderson, Beth, 1954-

Contributor

• trueLewis, Earl B

Author

• trueAnderson, Beth, 1954-

Illustrator

• trueLewis, Earl B

Subject

• trueAfrican American women
• African American women -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• trueAfrican Americans -- Civil rights
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Biographies
• trueCivil rights
• Civil rights workers -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901 -- Juvenile literature
• African American teachers -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Segregation in transportation -- New York (State) | New York -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• trueUnited States -- Race relations
• trueIllustrated children's books
• Informational works
• New York (State) -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• New York (State) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• trueNew York City
• Picture books
• trueRace relations -- History
• trueRacism
• trueSegregation in transportation

Genre

• Picture books
• Informational works
• trueBiography
• trueBiographies
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

One hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened all because of her race -- even though New York was a free state at that time. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court -- where future president Chester Arthur represented her -- and won! Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Character

• trueCourageous
• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, 2021.
• Rise: A Feminist Book Project List, 2021.

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

ORX

Dewey number

• 323.092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 1
• 3

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile