The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))
The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law.
Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America.
Exciting and eye-opening, this account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it is like to try to change the world when few agree with you.
Customer Review: What a story of courage!
This story is about a white woman who taught African American girls. They were tormented, the house was set on fire. Pictures are artifacts.
Customer Review: The Forbidden Schoolhouse
This is a book I will use for a beginning writing class at the university level. It’s a quick read for that purpose and relates a piece of black and white history previously unknown. Because of the size and large print, it has the feel of a children’s book, but it reads like adult nonfiction.
