Shirley Chisholm, Billie Holiday and Elizabeth Jennings Graham will get statues in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. - NBCBLK WomensHistoryMonth
Elizabeth Jennings GrahamElizabeth Jennings Graham, an African-American schoolteacher and civil rights activist, played a major role in the desegregation of the New York transit system.
She was on her way to the First Colored American Congregational Church on July 16, 1854, when she tried to board a streetcar of the Third Avenue Railway Company. At the time, the company only allowed white passengers. The train’s conductors forced Jennings Graham out of the car, but that same year, she sued and won a lawsuit against the transit company for ejecting her because she was black.Jennings Graham’s monument will be placed next to Grand Central Station.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 30, 1924, Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the oldest of THE four daughters OF immigrant parents Charles St. Hill, a factory worker from Guyana, and Ruby Seale St. Hill, a seamstress from Barbados. Though her teachers encouraged her to pursue a political career, Chisholm responded that she faced a “double handicap” as a black woman.In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
“Public monuments should tell the full history and inspire us to realize our potential – not question our worth,” McCray said. “In honoring these four trailblazers today, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to see powerful women who made history receive the recognition they deserve.”
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