Join our scholars on a Saturday morning for a moderated conversation about the 14th Amendment and the role it has played in American history.

Teaching American History’s Saturday webinar series provides educators with a chance to participate in a text-based roundtable discussion of American history and politics. For the 2022-2023 season we’ve chosen to highlight controversial topics from America’s past.

Readings:

1. 1865 – Black Codes of Mississippi
2. 1866 – Civil Rights Act
3. 1866 – Debates on the 14th Amendment
4. 1873 – Slaughterhouse Cases – majority and Field’s dissent
5. 1883 – “The United States cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free”