Rhode Island may be small, but it fights for its freedoms – and it tends to throw the first punch. By attacking the British warship HMS Gaspee in 1772, Rhode Islanders launched the first act of war leading to the American Revolution. On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island was the first colony in America to declare independence, months before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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The Friends of Fort Trumbull to present a program on Prudence Crandall
On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Friends of Fort Trumbull will present a program on Prudence Crandall, the Connecticut State Hero. Because of Covid-19, this program will be presented on Zoom as part of the Friends 2021 program on Women s Suffrage.
Many people know that Crandall established an early academy for African-American women in 1833; however, few realize that she also participated in the Woman Suffrage Movement and other social justice reforms after leaving Connecticut. Joan DiMartino will share how Crandall continued her activism years after her school closed, focusing on her work with women s rights. As Crandall once said, I venture to enlist in the ranks of those who…dare hold combat with prevailing iniquity.
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The Friends of Fort Trumbull to present a program on Prudence Crandall
On Thursday, May 27, 2021, the Friends of Fort Trumbull will present a program on Prudence Crandall, the Connecticut State Hero. Because of Covid-19, this program will be presented on Zoom as part of the Friends 2021 program on Women s Suffrage.
Many people know that Crandall established an early academy for African-American women in 1833; however, few realize that she also participated in the Woman Suffrage Movement and other social justice reforms after leaving Connecticut. Joan DiMartino will share how Crandall continued her activism years after her school closed, focusing on her work with women s rights. As Crandall once said, I venture to enlist in the ranks of those who…dare hold combat with prevailing iniquity.
by Alison M. Parker
Alison M. Parker is the chair and the Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware. She is the author of Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell.
Portrait of Mary Church Terrell by Betsy Graves Reynau, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Today, Black women’s influence in political campaigns is visible and dramatic. In recent presidential and midterm elections, over 90% of Black women’s votes went to the Democratic candidates. Preliminary figures for the 2020 presidential election indicate that the Biden/Harris ticket received approximately 55% of women’s votes, but over 90% of Black women’s votes. Not only did Black women vote in 2020, they registered others, organized get-out-the-vote drives, and fought widespread and varied voter suppression measures. Despite the recent concerted efforts of white domestic terrorist insurrectionists, they have put Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White Ho