Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York
by Amy Hill Hearth
A century before Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks refused to gift up their seats on... read more
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 16,694
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1120L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193507, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Women--Biography
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights
- African American women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Civil rights workers
- African American women--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Juvenile literature
- New York
- 19th century
- New York (State)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Segregation in transportation--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- New York (State)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Segregation in transportation
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings
- African Americans
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Women
- History
- New York (State)--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--Biography & Autobiography--Social Activists
- New York (State)--New York
- Graham, Elizabeth Jennings, 1827-1901
- Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Illustrated children's books
- African Americans--Civil rights
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans--Biography
- Race relations
- African Americans--Civil rights--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION--People & Places--United States--African American
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Awards & Distinctions 4
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2019
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
Septima Clark Book Award, 2019-2024
Winner, 2019
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Nonfiction Selection, 2018
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