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The Connecticut Experience

To All on Equal Terms - The Life and Legacy of Prudence Crandall

27m 13s

In 1833, Prudence Crandall opened the Canterbury Female Boarding School, a higher education academy for "young ladies and little misses of color". Sarah Harris, a young African American woman, attended the school, and as a result, Crandall and her students faced harassment and legal prosecution. Learn why the school's struggle for education equity continues to be relevant today.

Aired: 08/12/25
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