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Ann Eliza Hammond
Ann Eliza Hammond (born ) was an African American student from Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ..., Rhode Island. She attended Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School and was subpoenaed and arrested in 1833 for vagrancy as a result of Connecticut opposition to the school's attempt at desegregation. Her father, Thomas Hammond, had died in 1826. References Further reading * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammond, Ann People from Rhode Island School desegregation pioneers History of Rhode Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city developed as a busy port as it is situated at the mouth of the Providence River in Providence County, at the head of Narragansett Bay. Providence was one of the first cities in the country to industrialize and became noted for its textile manufacturing and subsequent machine tool, jewelry, and silverware industries. Today, the city of Providence is home to eight hospitals and List of colleges and universities in Rhode Island#Institutions, eight institutions of higher learning which have shifted the city's economy into service industries, though it still retains some manufacturin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence Crandall
Prudence Crandall (September 3, 1803 – January 27, 1890) was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the first school for black girls ("young Ladies and little Misses of color") in the United States, located in Canterbury, Connecticut. When Crandall admitted Sarah Harris, a 20-year-old African-American female student in 1832 to her school,Wormley, G. Smith. ''The Journal of Negro History'', "Prudence Crandall", Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1923, pp. 72–80. Tisler, C.C. "Prudence Crandall, Abolitionist", ''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908–1984)'', Vol. 33, No. 2, June 1940, pp. 203–206. she had what is considered the first integrated classroom in the United States. Parents of the white children began to withdraw them. Prudence was a "very obstinate girl", according to her brother Reuben. Rather than ask the African-American student to leave, she decided that if white girls would not attend with the black students, she would educate black girls. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Female Boarding School
The Canterbury Female Boarding School, in Canterbury, Connecticut, was operated by its founder, Prudence Crandall, from 1831 to 1834. When townspeople would not allow African-American girls to enroll, Crandall decided to turn it into a school for African-American girls only, the first such in the United States. The Connecticut legislature passed a law against it, and Crandall was arrested and spent a night in jail, bringing national publicity. Community violence forced Crandall to close the school. The episode is a major incident in the history of school desegregation in the United States. The case ''Crandall v. State'' was "the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history.... The ''Crandall'' case n which a key issue was whether blacks were citizenshelped influence the outcome of two of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, '' Dred Scott v. Sandford'' in 1857[] and...''Brown v. Board of Education'' in 1954." Background In 1831, the town of Canterbury approached P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Rhode Island
This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. Academia * James Burrill Angell (1829–1916) – educator, academic administrator, and diplomat * Glen Bowersock (born 1936) – scholar of the ancient world and the history of ancient Greece, Rome, and the Near East * David Carlin (born 1938) – professor of sociology and philosophy at Community College of Rhode Island * Robert Carothers (born 1942) – president of the University of Rhode Island * Ronald Champagne – president of Elmira College, Merrimack College, and Shimer College * Sarah Doyle (1830–1922) – educator and reformer * Paula Fredriksen (born 1951) – historian and scholar of religious studies * Henry Giroux (born 1943) – radical educator and cultural critic * Neil Lanctot (born 1966) – historian * Francis Leo Lawrence (1937–2013) – educator, scholar of French literature, and university admini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Desegregation Pioneers
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be avail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
