Videos

Historians talked about the passage of the 15th and 19th Amendments and the struggle for Black women’s suffrage. This virtual event was hosted by the National Constitution Center in Philadel…

Historian Patrick Charles and legal scholar Brannon Denning discuss the history of the second amendment and American gun rights from the drafting of the Bill of Rights to more recent Supreme…

The National Constitution Center hosted a conversation with historian Lori Ginzberg on the life and legacy of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Professor Ginzberg is the author of Elizabeth…

Kathryn Kolbert, the attorney who in 1992 argued Planned Parenthood vs. Casey before the Supreme Court, took part in a National Constitution Center debate about reproductive rights. Other sp…

Historians Thavolia Glymph, Catherine Clinton, and Kate Masur discussed the impact of women suffragists and abolitionists during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. The National Constitut…

This program was about women’s struggles to win the vote and about the lead up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Speakers were Dawn Langan Teele, author of Forging the Franchise: Th…

Author and Berkeley law professor Amanda Tyler discussed her book, Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay. Professor Tyler also explored how the English roots o…

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman recounted the political life of James Madison.

Edward Ayers talked about his book The Thing Light of Freedom, in which he provided a history of the Civil War.