Constitution Series

Constitution Series Did tribal governments and indigenous political theories affect the Founding Fathers and the United States Constitution? If so, how? Robert James Miller makes the case that the Founding Fathers, the United States Constitution, and perhaps even larger political ideas generally associated with Europe were impacted by tribal governments and indigenous political theories. Professor…

Constitution Series Enriching America’s Stories: Expanding Diverse Collection With Distinguished Guest SpeakerDR. CARLA HAYDEN14th Librarian of Congress Watch Video Play Video Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Carla Hayden Dr. Carla Hayden is the 14th Librarian of Congress in our nation’s history, serving in three presidential administrations. Dr. Hayden will discuss the 13th Amendment ratified by Congress…

Constitution Series With Dr. Drew SpencerAuthor, Historian, Director Dr. Crew Program Video Play Video Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Spencer Crew Author | Historian | Director National Museum of African American History & Culture at the Smithsonian Spencer R. Crew has worked in public history institutions for more than thirty years.  He is currently the Acting…

Constitution Series A More or Less Perfect Union With Judge Douglas H. GinsburgUnited States Court of Appeals, DC Circuit View Presentation Play Video Voices of Our Republic features thoughts about the Constitution from personalities, dignitaries, and everyday heroes, including Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Jack Nicklaus, Ron Chernow, and many others. These figures help answer the…

Constitution Series Paradox of Liberty shares the stories of six enslaved families at Monticello as well as examines the life of Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman who bore Jefferson six children. Our one-hour online program includes audience Q&A. View Presentation Play Video Distinguished Guest Speakers Gayle Jessup White Monticello Public Relations & Community Engagement Officer Gayle…

Constitution Series How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do With Guest Speaker Claude M. Steele, Ph.D Social Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University View Video Play Video Distinguished Guest Speaker Claude M. Steele, Ph.D. Claude M. Steele, Ph.D. is an acclaimed American social psychologist and a Professor of Psychology at Stanford…

Constitution Series Constitution Series: Equality And Justice For All MAVERICK ~ A biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most influential conservative thinkers. Watch Video Play Video Thomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering…

Constitution Series Heroes of Abolition and Suffrage This program explored abolition and suffrage history through the legacies of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. Descendants Coline Jenkins and Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. represent three significant figures in civil rights history and work to carry on the important history in their family trees…

Constitution Series A Landmark Case: Brown v. Board of Education This detailed conversation with Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of the late Rev. Oliver L Brown, who brought the suit represented by NAACP Chief Council Thurgood Marshall, examines the history behind the case. View Video Play Video Distinguished Guest Speaker Cheryl Brown Henderson Cheryl Brown Henderson…

Constitution Series With Justin Hansford, J.D. Executive Director – Thurgood MarshallCivil Rights Center | Howard University Professor Hansford Program Video Play Video Justice Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until…