Honoring a Teacher Who Fought for Equality Visitors to the small Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury come ready to learn about an unfamiliar local contribution to the struggle for American civil rights, or to have one they already know reinforced for them. What they may not realize upon leaving is that the tale of racial unrest they get to know while perusing the 14-room former schoolhouse is still unraveling. “It’s ongoing. This isn’t a story that ends,” said its curator, Kazimiera Kozlowski, during a recent tour. First, a primer: Prudence Crandall is Connecticut’s official state heroine. In 1831 Crandall, a schoolteacher who was raised in the Quaker ... Continue reading... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/nyregion/honoring-a-teacher-who-fought-for-equality.html
