Elizabeth Jennings Graham Helped Desegregate New York City Streetcars 100 Years Before Rosa Parks
Elizabeth Jennings Graham was told to get off the trolley and wait for one with “her people” on it. She said she didn’t have people and refused to get off. Kansas State Historical SocietyThe only acknowledge photo of Elizabeth Jennings Graham , published in anAmerican Woman ’s Journalarticle from 1895 . Graham was hold to a free - born male parent who shape as an activist and patent holder , while her speechwriting mother was born into thrall ....