Prudence Crandall's Legacy
Prudence Crandall was a schoolteacher who fought to integrate her school in Canterbury, Connecticut, and educate black women in the early nineteenth century. When Crandall accepted a black woman as a student, she unleashed a storm of controversy that catapulted her to national notoriety, and drew the attention of the most significant pro- and anti-slavery activists of the day. The Connecticut state legislature passed its infamous Black Law in an attempt to close down her school. Arrested and jailed, Crandall's legal legacy had a lasting impact-Crandall v. State was the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history. The arguments by at…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8195-7470-1
- EAN: 9780819574701
- Produktnummer: 15696357
- Verlag: University Press of New England
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H16.3 cm x B23.0 cm x D3.5 cm 832 g
- Abbildungen: 30 illus.
- Gewicht: 832
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
DONALD E. WILLIAMS JR. is president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate. He holds a J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law and a B.S. in journalism from Syracuse University. He lives in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
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