The Color Between The Lines with Esther Dillard

In this special episode of The Color Between the Lines, Esther Dillard brings forward a hidden chapter of American civil rights history that predates Rosa Parks by more than a century.

Before the Montgomery Bus Boycott…
before Jim Crow was challenged in the Supreme Court…
before the modern civil rights movement had a name…

there was Elizabeth Jennings.

In 1854, on the streets of New York City, a young Black schoolteacher was violently forced off a segregated streetcar after refusing to give up her seat. Her bravery—along with the activism of her father, abolitionist Thomas L. Jennings, and the legal skill of a young lawyer named Chester A. Arthur (the man who would later become President)—led to a landmark court victory that began the dismantling of segregation in New York’s public transit system.

This episode honors the overlooked legacy of Elizabeth Jennings while drawing a powerful connection to Rosa Parks, whose own courageous act took place 101 years later on December 1, 1955.

Esther also shares the inspiration behind her new animated documentary series, ERASED, produced in partnership with Amplified Voices TV, which brings these long-ignored stories to life through painterly animation and historical storytelling.

If you believe in the power of truth, storytelling, and preserving Black history, this episode is for you.

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The Color Between the Lines

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