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Hearth, Amy Hill

Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

143 pp. | Greenwillow | January, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-267360-2 $19.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-267593-4
(4) 4-6 In 1854 New York City, an African American woman named Elizabeth Jennings was forcibly ejected from a streetcar; she sued and won her case (with future president Chester A. Arthur as her lawyer), resulting in the de facto desegregation of public transportation in the city. In order to stretch this lesser-known historical incident into a full-length book, the author pads her account with much tangential information. Occasional historical images are included. Reading list, timeline. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

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