street cars Before Rosa Parks: Segregation on New York City Street Cars By blog.nyhistory.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:48:13 +0000 For much of the 19th century, New York City’s public transportation was racially segregated, and African Americans were forced to ride on specially designated horse-drawn street cars. Newspapers documented acts of resistance to these policies of segregation by members of the African American community, some of whom took the street car companies to court. Three examples are cited here. On Sunday,... The post Before Rosa Parks: Segregation on New York City Street Cars appeared first on New-York Historical Society. Full Article General 19th century New York African Americans elizabeth jennings ellen anderson new york daily times public transportation rosa parks segregation street cars thomas downing thomas jennings
