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Constitution . Tore have been 27 amendments the u. S. Constitution. The first 10 compromise the bill of rights. The 21st amendment repealed the the sale ofbanned alcohol in the United States and the 27th amendment permits members of congress from receiving a pay raise until the next election had been held. How would you amend it . Start dialing in now. It joining us on the phonies Jeffrey Rosen. Lets begin with what was happening on this day in 1787 and the history of marking this day with Constitution Day. 87, september 17 in Independence Hall was the day the constitution was formerly formally approved and proposed. It was not the day it was ratified. The convention authorized president washington to send out the approved constitution to the states for ratification. After months of deliberation between may 20 fifth and september 17, the Constitutional Convention proposed the constitution. Congress passed a law requiring Public School kids to learn about the constitution on Constitutio
He discusses trends in the field of history and his work at the center for social solutions at the university of michigan. Is the current president of the organization of american historians. You picked the theme for this years conference, the work of freedom. How did you come up with that and by . I was reflecting on what it means to be unamerican and i realized we often what it means to be an american and i realize we often dont pause to think about what it means. As a historian, freedom required work, required human beings to invest in creating a Democratic Society and our freedom should not be taken for granted, nor should the idea of working for freedom be taken for granted. What are the sessions or talks this year that speak to that theme . There are a number of them. There is one tomorrow afternoon, a powerful session talking about 400 years after the importation of the first African People from america, where the enslavement that followed set a boundary for what we meant by fre
Historians, at their annual conference in philadelphia. He discusses trends in the field of history and his work at the center for social solutions at the university of michigan. The current president of the organization of american historians, earl lewis, you picked the theme for this conference, the work of freedom. How did you pick it, and why . Lewis i thought about the word freedom. Often we do not know what that means. Freedom requires work. Trying to invest and freedom should not be taken for granted. Would be the that theme for this years conference. The sessions that speak to that claim . Prof. Lewis theres one tomorrow afternoon, a powerful session talking about 400 years after the first African People were brought to america. Created a boundary for what we meant by freedom. The oneswas one of where some of the leading scholars of the last generation, talking about the 400th anniversary, the powerful word freedom. Boundaries were put on freedom, and how did it of all . Prof.