{"product_id":"9780062675934_streetcar-to-justice","title":"Streetcar to Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarred reviews hail \u003cem\u003eStreetcar to Justice\u003c\/em\u003e as \"a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e book that belongs in any civil rights library collection\" \u003cem\u003e(Publishers Weekly)\u003c\/em\u003e and \"completely fascinating and unique”\u003cem\u003e (Kirkus).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ALA Notable Book and winner of a Septima Clark Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling author and journalist Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this fascinating biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis illuminating and important piece of the history of the fight for equal rights, illustrated with photographs and archival material from the period, will engage fans of Phillip Hoose’s \u003cem\u003eClaudette Colvin\u003c\/em\u003e and Steve Sheinkin’s \u003cem\u003eMost Dangerous\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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 City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her way to church one day in July 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was refused a seat on a streetcar. When she took her seat anyway, she was bodily removed by the conductor and a nearby police officer and returned home bruised and injured. With the support of her family, the African American abolitionist community of New York, and Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Jennings took her case to court. Represented by a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (a future president of the United States) she was victorious, marking a major victory in the fight to desegregate New York City’s public transportation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Hill Hearth, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHaving Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years\u003c\/em\u003e, illuminates a lesser-known benchmark in the struggle for equality in the United States, while painting a vivid picture of the diverse Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in the mid-1800s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncludes sidebars, extensive illustrative material, notes, and an index.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amy Hill Hearth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889904046229,"sku":"9780062675934","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780062675934.jpg?v=1776888511","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780062675934_streetcar-to-justice","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}