Prudence Crandall,(September 3, 1803-1890) 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, 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.
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- Prudence Crandall,(September 3, 1803-1890) 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, 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".
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- Prudence Crandall,(September 3, 1803-1890) 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, 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.
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