Repost from @bnplit using @RepostRegramApp - I love that the older and older I get the more I learn about amazing Black women who were amazing activists. Growing up I knew about Rosa Parks (even saw her in person back in the 90’s in Los Angeles. One of my favorite childhood stories But that’s for another day). After high school I learned about Claudette Colvin a teenage activist that history tried forget due to colorism and respectability politics as she was a pregnant teen. I’ve never heard of a Elizabeth Jennings whose life and activism predates both of them. 🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 In 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. 🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️🙋🏾♀️ Lizzie decided to take her case to court and 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 book. A big shoutout to @boydsmillskane For sending us this review copy of this amazing tale that I want to share again and again! #elizabethjennings #kidlit #socialactivism #bnplit #boydsmillspress https://www.instagram.com/p/B63TDU7Fqqp/?igshid=1dw0v5g1ice6p
