Reflecting on Norfolk State University’s Trailblazing New Canaan Experiment 
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Reflecting on Norfolk State University’s Trailblazing New Canaan Experiment 

In 1969, Dr. Sidney Boose and Harold Kenney co-founded the New Canaan experiment at Norfolk State University. For the experiment, 10 students were selected for an internship that allowed them to conduct their student teaching in the affluent and predominantly white town of New Canaan, Connecticut. The goal of the experiment was to teach tolerance, … Continue reading