Happy 150th Birthday, 14th Amendment

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🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Leading Civil War and Reconstruction scholars discuss the history and meaning of the 14th Amendment in celebration of its 150th anniversary. Allen Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era, and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. Martha Jones is Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Kurt Lash is E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law and Founder and director of the Richmond Program on the American Constitution at Richmond School of Law. Darrell A.H. Miller is Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law at Duke Law School. The host is Jeffrey Rosen. Sherrilyn Ifill, the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Trustee of the National Constitution Center, provides introductory remarks. Questions or comments? We would love to hear from you. Contact the We the People team at podcast@constitutioncenter.org The National Constitution Center is offering CLE credits for select America’s Town Hall programs! Get more information at constitutioncenter.org/CLE.

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0:00.0	I'm Lana Ulrich, in-house counsel for the National Constitution Center, and welcome to We The People, a weekly show of
0:14.7	constitutional debate. The Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered
0:19.8	by Congress to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the
0:24.4	American people. July 9th, 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the
0:30.0	ratification of the 14th Amendment.
0:32.9	In anticipation of this momentous anniversary, this past April, the National Constitution
0:37.7	Center partnered with the Thurgen Marshall Institute at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund for a day-long
0:44.4	symposium about the 14th Amendment. In this episode we feature a panel
0:48.6	discussion from this symposium with some of America's leading Civil War
0:51.8	and Reconstruction Scholars, Dr. Alan Gelso of Gettysburg College,
0:56.3	Martha Jones of Johns Hopkins University, Darrell Miller of Duke Law School, and Kurt Lache
1:02.2	of the Richmond School of Law.
1:04.0	They tell the story of the 14th Amendment
1:06.0	by focusing on the amendment's intellectual origins, drafting,
1:09.0	ratification, and original understanding.
1:11.0	The host is Jeffrey Rosen.
1:13.6	Sherlin Eiffel, the seventh president and director
1:16.1	council of the NAACP LDF, and trustee
1:19.5	of the National Constitution Center,
1:21.4	provides introductory remarks.
1:23.0	Good afternoon, everyone.
1:24.0	I'm thrilled, thrilled to be here. I love the National
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