Morning Prayer, observing the Lesser Feast of Prudence Crandall, a - TopicsExpress



          

Morning Prayer, observing the Lesser Feast of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher raised as a Quaker, stirred controversy with her education of African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut. Her private school opened in January 1832, but was boycotted when she admitted a 20-year old African-American female student in the autumn of 1833, creating what is generally regarded as the first integrated classroom in the United States. Parents of the white children mostly withdrew their daughters, leading Crandall to found a school for Young ladies and Misses of color.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:35:32 +0000

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