{"id":37563,"date":"2024-05-08T22:32:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37563"},"modified":"2024-05-08T22:32:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:32:49","slug":"review-of-lizzie-demands-a-seat-by-beth-anderson-illustrated-by-e-b-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37563","title":{"rendered":"Review of Lizzie Demands a Seat! by Beth Anderson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lizzie_demands_a_seat_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/lizzie_demands_a_seat_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40178\" \/><\/a><em>Lizzie Demands a Seat!<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Beth Anderson<br \/>\nillustrated by E. B. Lewis<\/p>\n<p>Calkins Creek (Boyds Mills &#038; Kane), 2020.  32 pages.<br \/>\nReview written April 22, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard of Rosa Parks, but in this book I learned about Lizzie Jennings, a free black woman who fought in court for her right to ride on streetcars with whites in New York State in 1854.<\/p>\n<p>This picture book dramatizes her encounter.  She was physically thrown off a streetcar on her way to church, but got right back on.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Five blocks later, the conductor hailed an officer.<\/p>\n<p>Again a crowd gathered and watched in silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficer,\u201d said the conductor, \u201cthe passengers object to this woman\u2019s presence.  It\u2019s my duty to remove her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one objected!\u201d Lizzie said, leaping up.  \u201cI have rights!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officer forced her off the streetcar.  \u201cMake your complaint.  You\u2019ll not get far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lizzie did go to court about it, with her whole community behind her.  Her lawyer was Chester Arthur \u2013 who later became President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The whole story is dramatic and inspiring.  I\u2019d had no idea that African Americans also had to fight for rights in the North \u2013 of course that shows my ignorance.  It\u2019s always good to read about someone standing up for what\u2019s right.  And especially good when they win rights for others as well.<\/p>\n<p>The book is beautifully illustrated, with a nice variety of scenes pictured and a focus on faces.  I\u2019m glad this story is being told.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethandersonwriter.com\/\">bethandersonwriter.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eblewis.com\/\">eblewis.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1629799394\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n<p>*Note* To try to catch up on posting reviews, I\u2019m posting the oldest reviews I\u2019ve written on my blog without making a page on my main website. They\u2019re still good books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzie Demands a Seat! Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights by Beth Anderson illustrated by E. B. Lewis Calkins Creek (Boyds Mills &#038; Kane), 2020. 32 pages. Review written April 22, 2020, from a library book Starred Review We\u2019ve all heard of Rosa Parks, but in this book I learned about Lizzie Jennings, a free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-childrens-nonfiction-review","category-history","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37563"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43736,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37563\/revisions\/43736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}