Government
Feb. 17, 2017
Unsung heroes
One of the shortfalls of Black History Month is a shortfall by history in general: Too many heroes go unsung. One hundred and three years before Rosa Parks took a stand by sitting down, Lizzie Jennings waged the fight that desegregated New York public transit.
James Attridge
Law Ofc of James Attridge
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U Denver School of Law
James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
One of the shortfalls of Black History Month is a shortfall by history in general: Too many heroes go unsung. One hundred and three years before Rosa Parks took a stand by sitting down, Lizzie Jennings made the fight that desegregated public transit in New York. And her 25-year-old lawyer, Chester A. Arthur, became president of the United States 26 years later.
On Sunday, July 16, 1854, Lizzie Jennings and Sarah Adams were in a hurry to get to the First Colored Congregational Church ...
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