Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights Juvenile Nonfiction Poetry Diversity & Multicultural Girls & Women One of her worst prisoners

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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights Juvenile Nonfiction Poetry Diversity & Multicultural Girls & Women One of her worst prisonersIn 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. One 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,