Passed by Congress 150 years ago (thanks in large part to Maine’s own William Pitt Fessenden), learn about its history and why it is cited in more litigation than any other amendment.
Guests: Kenneth W. Mack, Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of History, Harvard University
Patrick Rael, Professor of History, Bowdoin College.
Click hereto learn about the Maine Humanities Council Free Public Forum on the 14th Amendment.
Click herefor a link to Professor Mack's book "Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer."
Click herefor a link to Professor Rael's most recent book 'Eighty-eight Years: The Long Death of Slavery in the United States 1777-1865.'