Elizabeth Jennings The Woman Who Started Desegregation of New York Transportation System:Black History Month

About this episode

This episode explores the life of Elizabeth Jennings Grahm and her role in desegregating the New York transportation system in the 1800s.

Our first black history month at 10-minute history podcast for kids! This week we are going to be taking a look at Elizabeth Jennings Grahm the woman who started the desegregation of the New York transportation system in the 1800’s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• Black History
• Desegregation
• Transportation
• New York
• History

Keywords

• Elizabeth Jennings
• Black History Month
• New York transportation
• civil rights

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New York

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