⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵 Many of us are unaware of Prudence Crandall. I was until a couple of years ago. She was an American teacher & unsung hero for civil rights. She is known for having the first (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #WomansHistoryMonth www.fox61.com/article/news... - ThreadSky

eddsmitty.bsky.social • 49 days ago

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️

🧵 Many of us are unaware of Prudence Crandall. I was until a couple of years ago. She was an American teacher & unsung hero for civil rights.

She is known for having the first (cont)

#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#WomansHistoryMonth

https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/black-history/prudence-crandall-connecticut-canterbury-black-history/520-4831f220-ce7b-4763-ae62-f05c388e2b46

Comments

jackfost5.bsky.social•49 days ago

Ban teslas ,

maddie-says.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you for highlighting the lost history of everyday heroes.

May we all take inspiration from her bravery.

allievtina.bsky.social•49 days ago

Wow. She was amazing and also her students. Thank you for sharing this information about her. I learned a lot. God bless Prudence Crandall and all the other unsung heroes I haven't learned about, yet. Keep up the good work, Eddie.

cajunasfuck.bsky.social•49 days ago

We all can learn a lesson from Miss prudence Crandall. It’s not just about teaching. It’s about determination and will power.And standing up for what you believe in.

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

That's right, Brother! 💯

Prudence Crandall was woke af, and racists couldn't stand it. If not for her concern for the safety of her students, she would have kept the school open.

#KeepItWoke

morningdisco.bsky.social•49 days ago

There was a TV movie about Prudence Crandall in the early 90's, called "She Stood Alone." As a young feminist book-nerd I thought it looked interesting and taped it. Wore out the tape watching that movie again and again when I was a kid. I can still remember some lines. Early lesson in true heroism!

hellsbarkeep.bsky.social•49 days ago

Omg I didn't know they made a movie!

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

Yes! I looked for that movie after I did found out about her while doing research for my discussion threads.

Here it is for anyone who haven't seen it.

#KeepItWoke
#PrudenceCrandall
#SheStoodAlone
#WomansHistoryMonth

https://youtu.be/xe9qBflq3vM?feature=shared

reddancer.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you Eddie 😊

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

You're welcome, Deanne.🙏🏽🥰❤️

time2move.bsky.social•49 days ago

Love these stories! Keep em coming

micropush.bsky.social•49 days ago

We need more heroes like this! ✊🏼🫶🏻✊🏿

vero1986.bsky.social•49 days ago

Black women inventors helped the way we watch movies, conduct online meetings, and even heat and secure our homes. They succeeded in developing new technologies despite obstacles, such as resistance to developing their products and other forms of systemic racism.
https://it.usembassy.gov/black-women-who-changed-our-world/

bambooshooti.bsky.social•49 days ago

Prudence Crandall was fierce!

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

Right? 💯 She was an inspiration for sure, Shooti. 🔥

pcoop1960.bsky.social•46 days ago

💙🇺🇸💙

cfales1.bsky.social•49 days ago

We have an elementary school in Enfield, CT named after her!

jennyinexile.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you so much for posting this. I am glad to learn about her and will repost so others can, too.

ambientheat.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thanks for the history lesson Eddie.

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

jaybird54.bsky.social•49 days ago

I love this! Thanks so much for sharing about this incredible woman.

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

Hi Jaye!😊💙 You're very welcome. I've added her to my personal list of greatest civil rights heroes of all time.

#KeepItWoke
#WomansHistoryMonth

chillseabreeze72.bsky.social•49 days ago

Bits of history like this is like gold. The information about the formally enslaved peoples is the key to defeating the evil of white nationalism. The irony is our history is holistically the key to the realization that poor whites should stop voting against their own interests.

millapeede.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thank you for this!

brooklynguy7.bsky.social•49 days ago

Great post Eddie. Know your history know your present!!

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

integrated classroom in the United States. In 1932, she admitted Sarah Harris and later Mariah Davis to the Canterbury Female Boarding School. Of course, the White parents began to withdraw their children for obvious reasons. Rather than ask the white children to stay; (cont)

azdesertarch.bsky.social•49 days ago

I know that building!

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

Crandall decided to teach Black students instead. White community members contaminated the school’s water well with horse manure, committed animal abuse on the school’s property, and attempted to close the school by legal means. Crandall was arrested, (cont)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudence_Crandall

thetimeline.bsky.social•49 days ago

Woah… Crandall v. State was

“the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history… The Crandall case helped influence the outcome of 2 of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) and Brown v. Board of Ed (1954).”

#TheMoreYaKnow💫

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

That's right!💯

#KeepItWoke

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

spent a night in jail, and faced three court trials before the case was dismissed. On September 9, 1834, a midnight mob attack closed the school for good as Crandall was concerned for the safety of her students. Prudence Crandall lived to the age (cont)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Female_Boarding_School

eddsmitty.bsky.social•49 days ago

86 years old. A few of her former students went on to carve out successful careers of their own and became nationally known.

The school stands today as The Prudence Crandall Museum in Canterbury, CT.

Remember her name!

#KeepItWoke
#DedicatedToTam ✡️🕊

https://connecticuthistory.org/people/prudence-crandall/

thetimeline.bsky.social•49 days ago

Thanks, as always Eddie. ✊🏻✊🏾

#WOKE = We Oughta Know Every-damn-thing.