I think you all know that and get it because what undermines the whole progressive effort to reconstruction is the lack of Voting Rights for those freed men and women. We will expand this beyond voting. We just could not get there is a nation with the 13th amendment, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It did not give Voting Rights to the africanamericans. And neither did the 14th amendment with its equal protection and due process. It took the 15th amendment. And of course that is not work either because of every effort by some to deny africanamericans this great franchise of voting. Why do you think people come to this country . One of the things is the ability to choose their own representatives. We have a great panel. I dont say that every time we have a panel. [laughter] we have a great one today. Joan waugh, a professor of history at ucla. What is so important impressing me is the groundbreaking work you do with the u. S. Grant american hero, american myth. As i told her more than
So it seems to be couched in the erms t terms of Voting Rights and it is about reconstruction. I think you all know that and get it, because what undermines the whole progressive effort for reconstruction is the lack of Voting Rights for those freed men and women. So were going to expand this beyond voting, but we just couldnt get there as a nation with the 13th amendment, final freedom, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It didnt give Voting Rights to the africanamericans, and neither did the 14th amendment with its equal protection and due process. It took the 15th amendment, and of course that didnt work either because of every effort by some to deny africanamericans this great franchise of voting. Why do you think people come to this country . One of the things is the ability to choose their own representatives. So we have a great panel. I dont say that every time that we have a panel, but we have we have a great one today. Joan wah, who is vice chair of academic personnel and a pr
So it seems to be couched in the erms t terms of Voting Rights and it is about reconstruction. I think you all know that and get it, because what undermines the whole progressive effort for reconstruction is the lack of Voting Rights for those freed men and women. So were going to expand this beyond voting, but we just couldnt get there as a nation with the 13th amendment, final freedom, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It didnt give Voting Rights to the africanamericans, and neither did the 14th amendment with its equal protection and due process. It took the 15th amendment, and of course that didnt work either because of every effort by some to deny africanamericans this great franchise of voting. Why do you think people come to this country . One of the things is the ability to choose their own representatives. So we have a great panel. I dont say that every time that we have a panel, but we have we have a great one today. Joan wah, who is vice chair of academic personnel and a pr
So it seems to be couched in the erms t terms of Voting Rights and it is about reconstruction. I think you all know that and get it, because what undermines the whole progressive effort for reconstruction is the lack of Voting Rights for those freed men and women. So were going to expand this beyond voting, but we just couldnt get there as a nation with the 13th amendment, final freedom, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It didnt give Voting Rights to the africanamericans, and neither did the 14th amendment with its equal protection and due process. It took the 15th amendment, and of course that didnt work either because of every effort by some to deny africanamericans this great franchise of voting. Why do you think people come to this country . One of the things is the ability to choose their own representatives. So we have a great panel. I dont say that every time that we have a panel, but we have we have a great one today. Joan wah, who is vice chair of academic personnel and a pr
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