{"product_id":"surrounded-stephane-fert-9781681123486","title":"Surrounded: America's First School for Black Girls, 1832","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark story of courage and defiance in the face of injustice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1832, Prudence Crandall opens a school for young girls in Canterbury, Connecticut. The town welcomes it, thinking educating girls is harmless. But when Crandall announces she will welcome Black girls, the community erupts in hostility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years before the abolition of slavery, fifteen young Black women face insane prejudice. \u003ci\u003eSurrounded\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Crandall's school and its legal legacy for civil rights. Crandall v. State (of Connecticut) became the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history, influencing Supreme Court decisions like Dred Scott v. Sandford and Brown v. Board of Education. Discover how Prudence Crandall became a civil rights pioneer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephane Fert,Wilfred Lupano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681123487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681123486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2025 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/31\/2025 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2025","brand":"Stephane Fert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50664139325695,"sku":"9781681123486","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surrounded-stephane-fert-9781681123486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}