Prudence Crandall's legacy
Subtitle: the fight for equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education
By: Donald E. Williams Jr
Series: A driftless Connecticut series book; Driftless Connecticut series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780819574701; 9780819574718
Subjects: School integration; Women teachers; Discrimination in education; Law and legislation; Biography; History
Description: "Prudence Crandall was a schoolteacher who fought in the early nineteenth century to integrate her school in Canterbury, Connecticut, and educate black women. 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 prominent pro- and antislavery activists of the day. The Connecticut state legistlature passed its infamous Black Law in an attempt to close down her school. Although Crandall was arrested and jailed, her legal legacy had a lasting impact--Crandall v. State was the first full-throated defense mounted for civil rights in United States history. The arguments by attorneys in Crandall played a role in two of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. In Prudence Crandall's Legacy, the author and lawyer Donald E. Williams Jr. marshals a wealth of detail concerning the life and work of Prudence Crandall, her unique role in the fight for civil rights, and her influence on legal arguments for equality in America."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Fire in the night sky; title: Liberators; title: Education for all; title: A mountain of prejudice; title: The Black Law; title: Sanctuary denied; title: On trial; title: Judge Daggett's decision; title: Romantic revolutionaries; title: Race riots; title: Appeal for equality; title: The end of the beginning; title: Family trials and tragedies; title: Dred Scott and the winds of change; title: The Civil War; title: Reunions and farewells; title: Pursuit of justice; title: Prudence Crandall in the twentieth century.