Constitution programs

Born Equal: America’s Founding Promise and the Fight for Equality

Tuesday, September 16 at 5:30 p.m. CT

On the eve of Constitution Day, constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School discusses his new book, Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920, which explores the transformative amendments that redefined freedom, equality, and voting rights in the post–Civil War era. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. 

Register for online access here: https://constitutioncenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RYiW2-nuTlyL8_5V1g90lA#/registration

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An Evening With Justice Amy Coney Barrett

Wednesday, September 17 at 5:30 p.m. CT

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett joins National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen for a special Constitution Day conversation to discuss her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and the Constitution. Justice Barrett reflects on her journey to the Court and offers a glimpse into her role (and daily life) as a justice, including her deliberative process and how she approaches interpreting the Constitution.

Register: https://constitutioncenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ihB4VYx5QeW6PyLnkqzXjw#/registration

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Our Fragile Freedoms

Wednesday, September 24 at 11 a.m. CT

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Eric Foner discusses Our Fragile Freedoms, a new collection of essays exploring a range of topics, including debates over slavery and antislavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the battle to dismantle it, and modern debates over the Constitution and how to teach American history. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Register: https://constitutioncenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2tdUMi6tQpC8ZpWxv78ziA#/registration