Constitutional Academy: Diversity, Urbanization, and The Constitution
Featured Speaker - Eric Arnesen
September 13, 2007
5:00 – 8:30 pm
ESD 112 Conference Center
Eric Arnesen is Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Chicago, where he specializes in issues of race, labor, and politics in American history. His September 13 presentation addressed the interplay between the African-American experience between Reconstruction and The Great Migration, the US Constitution, and shifting democratic ideals.
Presentation Materials:
Video of the Presentation:
- The Great Migration, Urbanization, and the Constitution
- Diversity, Urbanization, and the Constitution - A Conversation
Suggested Reading:
- Cleveland Gazette: League Asks Full Manhood Rights
- The Messenger: If We Must Die
- Pittsburgh Courier: How the Arkansas Peons Were Freed
- Eric Arnesen’s "Introduction: 'The Great American Protest'," from Black Protest and the Great Migration: A Brief History with Documents.