Presidential Academy: Part 3

Session 24:  The Modern Era Confronts the American Founding

What did the American founding and Civil War look like to politicians and public intellectuals at the start of the 20th century?

Additional Recommended Reading:

  • Lucas Morel, “Juneteenth” (June 19, 2001)
  • Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, chap. 7, [A “Juneteenth” Sermon]
  • Ronald J. Pestritto, “Woodrow Wilson, American History, and the Advent of Progressivism”
  • Ronald J. Pestritto, Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings

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