5 Best biography books like Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth

Cover of Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth

Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

By: Amy Hill Hearth

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this biography. In 1…

If you liked the biography plot in Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Dear Martin

By: Nic Stone

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more

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  • social justice
Cover of March: Book One (March, #1) by Nate Powell, John             Lewis, Andrew Aydin

2. March: Book One (March, #1)

By: Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movem… read more

Similar categories in Nate Powell's March: Book One (March, #1) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
Cover of Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

3. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

4. Ghost (Track, #1)

By: Jason Reynolds

4.20

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

Running. That's all that Ghost (real name Castle Cranshaw) has ever known. But never for a track te… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ghost (Track, #1) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • middle grade

5. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

By: Isabel Wilkerson

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Hardcover

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more

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6. Misty of Chincoteague (Misty, #1)

By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis

3.20

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

On an island off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Amo… read more

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7. The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

By: Ben Sasse

3.33

Format: None pages,

America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by wel… read more

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8. New Kid (New Kid, #1)

By: Jerry Craft

4.16

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit … read more

Similar categories in Jerry Craft's New Kid (New Kid, #1) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • african american
  • middle grade
  • childrens
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9. Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more

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  • historical
  • african american
"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."

-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend

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10. The Year We Learned to Fly

By: Jacqueline Woodson

4.39

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Woodson's The Year We Learned to Fly book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
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11. Take My Hand

By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez

4.37

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in po… read more

Similar categories in Dolen Perkins-Valdez's Take My Hand book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • african american
  • social justice
"There wasn’t any justice for little Black girls, and never had been."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"The world was an enigma. My country was an enigma. Still, she was mine. And I loved every square inch of her."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"The past doesn't work that way. You can't just make it disappear. You can't pretend certain things didn't happen."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

"She wore a belted yellow dress that screamed springtime even though it was chilly out. Anybody in a dress that bright had to be doing some good in the world, I decided."

-Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Take My Hand

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12. Miss Pearly's Girls: A Captivating Tale of Family Healing

By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley

4.38

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this captivating family drama from award-winning, bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley, … read more

Similar categories in ReShonda Tate Billingsley's Miss Pearly's Girls: A Captivating Tale of Family Healing book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • african american
Cover of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

13. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

By: Antonia Hylton

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hylton's Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american
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14. The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State

By: Aime Alley Card

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-black women’s track… read more

Similar categories in Aime Alley Card's The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. One Summer in Savannah

By: Terah Shelton Harris

4.14

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating que… read more

Similar categories in Terah Shelton Harris's One Summer in Savannah book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • african american
Cover of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

16. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

By: Uché Blackstock

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more

Similar categories in Uché Blackstock's Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • history
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17. The American Queen

By: Vanessa Miller

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Miller's The American Queen book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • african american
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18. River Sing Me Home

By: Eleanor Shearer

4.01

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers… read more

Similar categories in Eleanor Shearer's River Sing Me Home book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
"Every freedom had its price."

-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

"Freedom mean something different to me. The search, that is freedom."

-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

"This is why me don't like to do it... Think about the past. The memories too painful. The hope hurt. All I want to do is live the life in front of me, because it's a miracle me make it here."

-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home

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19. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more

Similar categories in Whoopi Goldberg's Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • nonfiction
  • african american
  • biography
"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."

-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

Cover of Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2) by Nic Stone

20. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

By: Nic Stone

4.40

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • african american
  • social justice
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."

-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)

Cover of When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1) by Gabrielle  Meyer

21. When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

By: Gabrielle Meyer

4.39

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? Libby has been given a powerful gift: to l… read more

Similar categories in Gabrielle Meyer's When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
"Only God is in control of our destiny. He alone is sovereign. When we try to control the people and events around us we are telling Him He doesn't know what's best for us. We're setting ourselves up …"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

"And what about faith? Hadn't Mama taught me that God is a good and faithful father, that He knew the plans He had for me, and they were plans to proper me and not to harm me? If she had lived through…"

-Gabrielle Meyer, When the Day Comes (Timeless, #1)

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22. A Season for Second Chances

By: Jenny Bayliss

3.78

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

A charmingly quirky seaside town offers a recently separated restauranteur a fresh start and possib… read more

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Cover of The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda  Tate

23. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

By: ReShonda Tate

3.94

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more

Similar categories in ReShonda Tate's The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • african american
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24. The Nigerwife

By: Vanessa Walters

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more

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"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."

-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife

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25. Before I Do

By: Sophie Cousens

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What would you do if 'the one that got away' turned up the night before your wedding? Head-in-th… read more

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26. Night Wherever We Go

By: Tracey Rose Peyton

3.85

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • CrimeReads • Library … read more

Similar categories in Tracey Rose Peyton's Night Wherever We Go book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
  • african american
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27. Flipping Boxcars

By: Cedric The Entertainer

3.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The first novel from one of the original Kings of Comedy, Cedric “The Entertainer,” an engaging and… read more

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28. Static Up All Night (1)

By: Lamar Giles

3.76

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

VIRGIL (aka STATIC) can do amazing things with his vast array of electrical abilities, but instantl… read more

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Cover of Double the Lies (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #2) by Patricia Raybon

29. Double the Lies (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #2)

By: Patricia Raybon

4.08

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner, Christianity Today Book Award for Fiction In the second installment of Patricia Raybon's… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Raybon's Double the Lies (An Annalee Spain Mystery, #2) book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • historical
Cover of The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement by Matthew Horace

30. The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

By: Matthew Horace

4.18

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the … read more

Similar categories in Matthew Horace's The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • social justice
"When I was on the police department in Virginia, I was often dispatch the calls of a “suspicious black male"

-Matthew Horace, The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

Cover of Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth

31. Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

By: Amy Hill Hearth

3.95

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Amy Hill Hearth uncovers the story of a little-known figure in U.S. history in this biography. In 1… read more

Similar categories in Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York book and Amy Hill Hearth's Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York

  • new york
  • biography
  • history
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • african american

7 Top history books like Streetcar to Justice: How Elizabeth Jennings Won the Right to Ride in New York by Amy Hill Hearth

Transform Your Habits

March: Book One (March, #1)

Nate Powell , John Lewis , Andrew Aydin

4.00

Transform Your Habits

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Margot Lee Shetterly

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State

Aime Alley Card

4.52

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16 best-selling history books like Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

4.27

Transform Your Habits

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

4.46

Transform Your Habits

The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

Sarah McCammon

4.21

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