Program/Event Civil War Essay Contest Winners 2015 High School Division Click on the title to view a pdf of a winning essay. First Prize Anjelica Matcho, Bridgewater Raritan High School, Bridgewater, New Jersey "Dethroning King Cotton: The Failed Diplomacy of the Confederacy" Second...
History Now Essay Frederick Douglass on the Disfranchisement of Blacks in the South Lucas Morel In a short but poignant letter written in 1888, Frederick Douglass shares his concern about the suppression of black voting with Robert Adams (1816–1900), a white abolitionist whom he had known for over forty years. Adams and his wife... Appears in: 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020
Program/Event Constitution Day Resources from the Gilder Lehrman Institute Pierce Butler's notes on the draft of the preamble to the US Constitution, August 6, 1787. (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, GLC00819.01) Explore the New Nation section of our History Resources . You will find Essays...
Video The Legal Battle for Racial Equality, 1787–1954 Government and Civics What does the Constitution say about racial equality? Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, explains the role of the Reconstruction amendments and the challenges faced by the Supreme Court in shaping Civil Rights legislation in...