In 1854, Elizabeth Jennings was forcefully prevented from boarding a streetcar to go to church. Jennings sued the streetcar company and was represented in court by Chester Arthur, the future US ...

A century before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Elizabeth Jennings Graham defied the racial segregation of public transit in New York City. On July 16 ...

The early omnibuses of New York City “were little more than glorified stagecoaches,” writes author Jerry Mikorenda in his book America’s First Freedom Rider: Elizabeth Jennings, Chester A.

Announcing the statues Wednesday at the Brooklyn Museum, the Big Apple's first lady Chirlane McCray said they will celebrate the lives of teacher and civil rights activist Elizabeth Jennings ...

It rubbed off on his children, especially his daughter, a schoolteacher named Elizabeth Jennings Graham. “Well, we characterize her as the first Rosa Parks,” says Calvin Butts ...

In this "Black History Minute," our focus is on Elizabeth Jennings, who played an instrumental role in helping to desegregate the New York City public transit system.