Book
Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
- Published
- 2018
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 160
- Words
- 16694
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.7
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 1120L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–17
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.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780062673602
- ISBN-10
- 0062673602
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyHistory-Pre-Civil War, Civil War, & ReconstructionNonfictionPeople-African AmericanPeople-WomenSocial Issues-Justice/Legal IssuesSocial Issues-Prejudice & DiscriminationUnited States-New York