Mansfield Library Event About Famous Educator Prudence Crandall

State Sen. Donald Williams Jr. (D-29) is scheduled to speak at the Mansfield Public Library about his new book regarding the integration of schools in Canterbury in the 19th century.

William’s new book Prudence Crandall’s Legacy: The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education, is about Crandall’s role as a schoolteacher who fought to educate black women in the early 19th century.

The event will start at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 and is free and open to the public.