PRUDENCE CRANDALL MUSEUM // Connecticut's Cultural Treasures
In 1831, Prudence Crandall opened a private academy for the daughters of the white families of Canterbury and neighboring communities. Sarah Harris approached Crandall and was accepted as the first black woman as a student at the Academy. In 1833, Crandall decided to close the school and re-open it as one exclusively for young Ladies and Little misses of color.
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History on display at the Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury today
History on display at the Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury today
By: Joseph Grogan
Published on: September 3, 2016
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The Prudence Crandall Story
While I was working at The Connecticut Network (CT-N) as a Production Technician there were some slow news periods. Our producers encouraged us to come up with our own side projects. I had heard of this museum in Canterbury, Connecticut, dedicated to Connecticut's State Heroine Prudence Crandall and wanted to do something.
She was an amazing women who opened up a school for Afro American girls in the 1830's, much to the opposition of the town. She fought very hard for their rights to an education. She finally decided to close because it was getting too dangerous for the young girls.
It was an exciting project for me to work on. I pitched the idea, wrote the script, formed a crew and was given the green light. It was a very special experience for me and I loved producing it. I researched, interviewed, directed and edited. I couldn't have done it without the support of my crew and the producers. CT-N still airs the two videos to this day.
This particular one is about her life, her cause, her story and the second video is more about the museum itself. Enjoy!
State Heroine Prudence Crandall Remembered at Capitol Ceremony
Friends of Prudence Crandall work on the garden at the Carter House in Canterbury
Friends of Prudence Crandall work on the garden at the Carter House in Canterbury
By: Aaron Flaum
Published on: July 21, 2016
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Kaz Kazlowski, curator for Prudence Crandall museum, gives a tour of the building #CanterburyCT
Kaz Kazlowski, curator for Prudence Crandall museum, gives a tour of the building #CanterburyCT
By: Jaclyn Diaz
Published on: May 5, 2016
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Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt - Prudence Crandall - Old Songs Festival, 6/26/16
Sally Rogers wrote Prudence Crandall while she was the Connecticut State Troubador in 1997. The lyrics are taken from a letter written by Crandall to the townspeople of Canterbury near the end of her life.
Prudence Crandall opened a school for young girls in Canterbury, CT in 1831. In fall 1832, a young African-American woman named Sarah Harris asked to be accepted to the school to prepare for teaching other African Americans. Although uncertain of the repercussions that this would cause, Crandall eventually allowed Harris to attend her school. Many prominent townspeople objected and pressured to have Harris dismissed from the school, but Crandall refused. Families of the white students removed their daughters.
The town's response escalated into warnings, threats, and acts of violence against the school. Crandall was faced with great local opposition, and her detractors had no plans to back down. Connecticut politician Andrew Judson proposed The Black Law, legislation that would prohibit the establishment of schools for African American students without the town's permission. The bill passed in the Connecticut legislature in May 1833. In July of that year, Crandall was arrested and placed in the county jail for one night and then released under bond to await her trials.
Defying the law, Crandall reopened her school, this time exclusively for female students of color. While the Black Law was deemed invalid because of a technicality by the Connecticut Supreme Court a year later, the pressure from townspeople who turned their backs on Crandall and even poisoned the school's well forced her to close the school for good in September 1834.
Late in life, Crandall was recognized for her efforts with another act of the state legislature in 1886, prominently supported by Mark Twain, providing her with a $400 yearly pension. She passed away in 1890.
The lyrics to the song are taken from a letter Crandela wrote to the people of Canterbury shortly after she was awarded the pension.
Prudence Crandall's schoolhouse is still standing and is a state museum. today The site of the home of her legislative detractor, Andrew Judson, is now a Dunkin Donuts parking lot.
This performance took place at the Wise Women workshop at the 2016 Old Songs Festival on Sunday, June 26.
The Right to Education in the Struggle for Citizenship
Citizens All: African Americans in Connecticut, 1700-1850
Jennifer Rycenga, Professor of Religious Studies & Women's Studies, San Jose State University, CA. The Prudence Crandall Museum, Canterbury, CT.
Prudence Crandall
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Conn. schoolteacher, Prudence Crandall convicted in 1832 for teaching and educating black students
Prejudice against teaching people of black skin was not just a Southern invention before the Civil War. Prudence Crandall, a New Haven schoolteacher, decided to open up her school to black girls in 1832. She was arrested, tried, convicted, and jailed for teaching black girls who were designated as not being citizens of the State of Conn. Even the abolitionists finally advised Miss Crandall that it would be better to leave town and the state which she did by retreating to Elk Falls, Kansas with her father.
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution with its all citizens clause was not passed until 1868.
Prudance Crandall Quaker School Teacher Oct 1 1834
canterbury
Ride to jays house
Prudence Crandall: The Fight for Equal Education
The new and improved version!
Breaking Barriers: The Prudence Crandall Story
National History Day Project
Breaking Barriers: The Prudence Crandall Story
A Concert at Eno Memorial Hall, Simsbury CT, late 1950's?
Per a wealth of information provided to me from comments below I have updated this description and the lineup of performances.
This is a minstrel coordinated by St. Mary Church.
It was held at Eno Memorial Hall in Simsbury, CT circa 1957 or '58.
The Rock & Roll group Ronnie & Matt get quite an ovation, and a girl Susan ? plays an oustanding version of Clair De Lune. The St. Mary Parish Priest Father Weldon (I was thinking this sounded like Bob Luellen initially) sings Give Us This Day to a roaring applause. Interesting stuff.
Any further information about this recording would be a treat to know! Thanks to Mary Nagy for the so many of the details provided so far!
SIDE ONE:
Frank Merril(?): Piano & Banjo - Hungarian Dance
Chorus (w/piano & banjo): Bye Bye Blues
Piano & Chorus: (?)
Piano & Chorus: (?) ...Moonlight Something...
Lionel Girard: Popular Song Of The Day Chantez-Chantez (sing a little Paris song)
Raymond Nagy: That's How I Spell IRELAND
Ronald Diglatorio(?) & Matthew Cook: Rock & Roll Medley (Ronnie & Matt)
- Rock Around The Clock
- Rumble Boogie
- Jimmy Durante Impersonation (Eno Memorial Hall)
- Peter Lorre Impersonation (Cinescope Movie In Hartford)
- Louis Armstrong Impersonation (Ther'll Be Some Changes Made)
- Rosemary ? Impersonation (I Can't Give You Anything But Love)
[Tape Cuts Off]
SIDE TWO:
Ronald Diglatorio(?) & Matthew Cook: Rock & Roll Medley (Continued)
- Knock Knock Knockin At My Door (Just Like You Did Before) - Very End Only
Susan Anwonda(?): Piano - Clair De Lune
- Vocal By (?) - Moonlight Love (Original Interpretation Of Claire De Lune)
Charles Mainville The Calypso Kid:
- The Banana Boat Song
- Maryanne (Thank You Very Much Harry)
Judy Burke & sister Jackie Burke with Betty Babick: The Irish Washerwoman (tap)
Frank Rafaele(?): Row Row Row (a Newcomer To Our Show)
Father Weldon (St. Mary Church Parish Priest): Give Us This Day
Band & Vocal: Sunny Side Of The Street
Closing Number - [Cut]
University Scholar Series, Jennifer Rycenga, February 20, 2019
Professor Jennifer Rycenga, from the SJSU dept. of Humanities, speaks about America's first female academy for African-American women on February 20, 2019 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library.
Barbara Damon, Executive Director, Prudence Crandall Center, Inc.
Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. is the oldest domestic violence prevention program in Connecticut and the second oldest in the nation. Barbara Damon, Executive Director at the Center joins Comcast Newsmakers to discuss the mission of the Center.
East Woodstock Cornet Band Concert
This is a clip from a concert the evening of July, 24 2010 at Canterbury Connecticut. A fund raising event sponsored by the Friends of the Prudence Crandall Museum.
Google Prudence Crandall for a history of her life and her years living in Canterbury. Her home and girls school were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1991
The East Woodstock Cornet Band was founded by a joint Resolution of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1893 and has performed throughout northeastern Connecticut since that time
Welcome to Groton - History of Groton-Mystic Emergency Services
Jim Streeter and Bill Tischer, who co-authored the new book Groton-Mystic Emergency Services, talk to Welcome to Groton host Carol Pratt about the history of the brave people who keep our community safe.
Getting from Now to WOW - Tourism Matters for Hartford CT
#HartfordTourism Since 1992, Historic Hartford has championed destination development with the belief that Hartford is sitting on a goldmine of cultural resources with a fabulous location day-tripping distance for a population of 20 million. We CAN do better than the 150,000+/- visitors/year we're presently doing. We can do a LOT better. If Hartford had 500,000 visitors/year - retail, restaurants, hotels and the actual attractions would all do better, perform better and require fewer subsidies. The key is leadership,. teamwork, creativity and faith in the product. Historic Hartford is an active Facebook community. For details contact Bill Hosley at wnhosley@snet.net