Join renowned constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar for a forum on his powerful new book, Born Equal. Tracing the transformative period from 1840 to 1920, Amar explores how the ideal of birth equality reshaped the U.S. Constitution through four landmark amendments. From the abolition of slavery to the expansion of suffrage, he illuminates the fierce debates and visionary leaders – Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Abraham Lincoln and more – who redefined American democracy. This timely conversation offers essential insights into our nation’s ongoing struggle for equality.

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Supported in part by the Sally Lanagan Fund. Forums for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution are made possible by a gift from Claire and Joshua Nelson.