Live at the National Constitution Center

Law and Reconstruction Beyond the Amendments


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The National Constitution Center and the Federal Judicial Center convene leading historians for conversations on Reconstruction and the Constitution. Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University, Kate Masur of Northwestern University, and Dylan Penningroth of the University of California, Berkeley, delve into the broader legal and social effects of Reconstruction beyond the amendments. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

This program is presented in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center.



Resources
  • Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction (2021)
  • Dylan Penningroth, Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights (2023)
  • Martha S. Jones, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All (2020)
  • The American Colonization Society
  • Dred Scott v. Sandford


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