{"product_id":"lizzie-demands-a-seat-elizabeth-jennings-fights-for-streetcar-rights","title":"Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e- A NCSS\/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book\u003cbr\u003e- Winner of Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in nonfiction\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- A Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book for Older Readers\u003cbr\u003e- Shortlist for inaugural Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice \u003cbr\u003e- Finalist, Jane Addams Children's Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1854, Elizabeth Lizzie Jennings, an African American schoolteacher, fought back when she was unjustly denied entry to a New York City streetcar, sparking the beginnings of the long struggle to gain equal rights on public transportation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne hundred years before Rosa Parks took her stand, Elizabeth Lizzie Jennings tried to board a streetcar in New York City on her way to church. Though there were plenty of empty seats, she was denied entry, assaulted, and threatened all because of her race--even though New York was a free state at that time. Lizzie decided to fight back. She told her story, took her case to court--where future president Chester Arthur represented her--and won  Her victory was the first recorded in the fight for equal rights on public transportation, and Lizzie's case set a precedent. Author Beth Anderson and acclaimed illustrator E. B. Lewis bring this inspiring, little-known story to life in this captivating book.","brand":"Calkins Creek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328806305892,"sku":"9781629799391","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/lizzie-demands-a-seat-elizabeth-jennings-fights-for-streetcar-rights","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}