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A Constitutional Commemoration of Independence Day
FromWe the People
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Jul 2, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
As Americans look forward to celebrating Independence Day this holiday weekend, this week’s episode dives into the Declaration of Independence. We trace where its words and its ideals came from and how it went on to influence state constitutions, the U.S. Constitution, and other key American texts—including President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School, author of The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation 1760-1840, and Steven G. Calabresi of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.
Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library.
Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.
Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library.
Released:
Jul 2, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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