Taonga Leslie 8/1/20 Taonga Leslie 8/1/20

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

“The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the US Constitution wrote a new definition of American citizenship and the rights it entails. These changes were not minor tweaks in an existing structure but created a fundamentally new constitution.”

Taonga Leslie 5/28/19 Taonga Leslie 5/28/19

Neglected Stories: The Constitution and Family Values

In a powerful challenge to the belief that the Constitution has nothing to do with the individual freedoms that comprise family rights, Peggy Cooper Davis argues in Neglected Stories that the constitutional amendments after the Civil War reflect a profound appreciation of the political, social, and personal worth of family autonomy.

The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution

Neglected Stories: The Constitution and Family Values

“We, the people”—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens, or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class— but we, the people—the men and women, do ordain and establish this Constitution”