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Elizabeth Jennings Graham
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Lizzy Jennings
On July 16, 1854, schoolteacher Elizabeth Jennings Graham successfully challenged racist streetcar policies in New York City. Her case went to court and was publicized by Frederick Douglass. (Zinn Education Project) https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/elizabeth-jennings-graham/
English/Language Arts Library Social Studies/History Elizabeth Jennings Elizabeth Jennings Graham streetcar Frederick Douglass
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
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Here is a description excerpted from 50 American Revolutions You’re Not Supposed to Know: Reclaiming American Patriotism.
On July 16, 1854, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Jennings, a 24-year-old schoolteacher setting out to fulfill her duties as organist at the First Colored Congregational Church on Sixth Street and Second Avenue, fatefully waited for the bus on the corner of Pearl and Chatham. Getting around 1854 New York City often involved paying a fare to board a large horse-drawn carriage, the forerunner to today’s behemoth motorized buses. For Black New Yorkers like Jennings, it wasn’t that simple.
Social Studies/History Library Elizabeth Jennings Graham Civil Rights
Elizabeth Jennings Graham - Resources
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Many resources about Elizabeth Jennings Graham.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2016: Elizabeth Jennings Graham stood up for her right to public transportation in NYC way back in 1854
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Lessons and information about what happened to Elizabeth Jennings.
Chester Arthur & Elizabeth Jennings Graham
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Although he is better known for being a political "gentleman boss", a "spoilsman", and a President who surprised his critics by bringing about civil service reforms, Chester Alan Arthur was the son of an abolitionist preacher father, and as a young lawyer in New York, he made a name for himself by acting in civil rights cases.
Outrage Upon Colored Persons - Elizabeth Jennings statement
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New-York Daily Tribune. [volume], July 19, 1854, Page 7, Image 7
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Newspaper: New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866
Newspaper Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1854-07-19/ed-1/seq-7
Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PDF Link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1854-07-19/ed-1/seq-7.pdf
preamble and resolution . . . before the Young Men's Association of San Francisco . . . unanimously passed
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Reference link: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026366/1854-09-22/ed-1/?sp=4
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Contributor Names: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Created / Published: Rochester, N.Y., September 22, 1854
Subject Headings: - African Americans--New York (State)--Newspapers
- Rochester (N.Y.)--Newspapers
- Monroe County (N.Y.)--Newspapers
- African Americans
- New York (State)
- New York (State)--Monroe County
- New York (State)--Rochester
- United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Genre: African American newspapers--New York (State)
Newspapers
Notes: - Weekly
- Began 1851.
- Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
- Also available in digital format on the Library of Congress website.
- Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 27 (June 26, 1851).
Legal Rights Vindicated
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top, column 5
Reference link: http://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026366/1855-03-02/ed-1/?sp=2
Reference note
Contributor Names: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Created / Published: Rochester, N.Y., March 2, 1855
Subject Headings: - African Americans--New York (State)--Newspapers
- Rochester (N.Y.)--Newspapers
- Monroe County (N.Y.)--Newspapers
- African Americans
- New York (State)
- New York (State)--Monroe County
- New York (State)--Rochester
- United States--New York--Monroe--Rochester
Genre: African American newspapers--New York (State)
Newspapers
Notes: - Weekly
- Began 1851.
- Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
- Also available in digital format on the Library of Congress website.
- Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 27 (June 26, 1851).