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Elizabeth Jennings Graham and the Fight to Desegregate Public Transportation in NYC
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Elizabeth Jennings Graham and the Fight to Desegregate Public Transportation in NYC
Thursday, November 10th
2:00 PM ET
100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, a 24-year-old black New Yorker stood her ground on a streetcar. Her name was Elizabeth Jennings Graham.
Join Content Manager Polly Desjarlais for a digital discussion highlighting Jennings Graham’s courage and perseverance as she fought for equality, winning the first recorded legal victory for equal rights on public transportation, and creating a powerful catalyst in the fight for desegregation on all of New York’s public transit vehicles.
Free
All attendees are welcome. You will have the option to turn on automatic captions for this virtual program. Staff will share instructions for how to do so at the start of the event. Please email [email protected] for any accessibility-related questions.
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Image: Old Storehouses Cor. Pearl and Chatham St. 1861. Emmet Collection, New York Public Library.
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