Plus: New Town Hall programs on policing, voting rights, and more Join us online for our annual Independence Week program, Finding the Founders, where we commemorate Independence Day and explore America’s ongoing struggle to achieve the ideals expressed in our founding documents. We will convene programs on the themes all week through a selection of videos, podcasts, essays, and more. LEARN MORE The National Constitution Center is offering a series of America’s Town Hall programs about constitutional issues in the news. Join these programs for free from your home computer, laptop, or any mobile device by registering below. Policing Reform: A Conversation With Two State Attorneys General July 8 | 12 p.m. EDT Free Online Join Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost for an online, bipartisan discussion about the role of state attorneys general in addressing policing reform, protests, and other constitutional challenges facing states today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.  This program is presented in partnership with the Center for Excellence in Governance at the National Association of Attorneys General. REGISTER TO WATCH LIVE The Right to Vote: A Constitutional History July 20 | 12 p.m. EDT Free Online What did the original Constitution say about the right to vote? How did that change over time, and why? In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment, join election law experts Alexander Keyssar of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Derek Muller of the Pepperdine Caruso School of Law, and Franita Tolson of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law for a conversation exploring the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program is presented as part of the Center’s yearlong initiative, Women and the Constitution, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. REGISTER TO WATCH LIVE Missed any of our recent programs? You can watch these online Town Hall programs any time! The Current Battle for the Constitution: A Symposium Explore the constitutional dimensions of policing, protests, and equal protection, as well as the key constitutional issues raised by the coronavirus crisis. Congress in Times of Crisis Learn about Congress in times of crisis from America's founding, through the Civil War to today. A National Town Hall on Policing and the Constitution Tune in to this wide-ranging discussion on qualified immunity for police officers, the history of policing and protest, and the future of the American idea. VIEW ALL VIDEOS Finding the Founders: Independence Week 2020 Celebrate Independence Week online by exploring the themes of equality and freedom through the lens of the American Revolution. Listen to "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Tay Sconiers of the Center’s theatre programs team introduces a speech by Frederick Douglass—perhaps the most influential abolitionist, orator, and writer of America’s Reconstruction era—exploring the paradox of a holiday that celebrates freedom in America, while a large portion of the population remained enslaved. Read the speech here or listen to a reading of it here. Explore a Quotable Timeline Douglass’s famous words are featured on our Quotable Timeline. Created for display in the National Constitution Center lobby, we are now making this resource available for download. Journey from the Revolutionary period to the Civil War era though the words of figures like Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman. Watch clips from FOURTEEN: A Theatrical Performance. In this clip from the Center’s newest theatrical production on the Reconstruction era and the ratification of the 14th Amendment, the performance opens with the words of the Declaration of Independence, after which a performer embodying Frederick Douglass reads an open letter from Douglass to his former slaveholder. View more videos and related resources from FOURTEEN here. LEARN MORE Recent highlights of the National Constitution Center in the news: WHYY, Radio Times: Supreme Court decisions on LGBTQ rights, DACA and more Fremont Tribune: Logan View Teacher Helping Students Learn The Constitution With Online Speakers MSNBC, Ali Velshi: National Constitution Center Pres.: ‘The Supreme Court Hasn’t Become a Liberal Court by Any Stretch of the Imagination’ HistoryNet: Civil War Times Reviews: The Confederacy’s Bid for a Continental Empire LEARN MORE Recently on We the People podcast: The Supreme Court's DACA Decision LGBTQ Rights at the Supreme Court Live at the NCC: Policing, Protests, and the Constitution Part 1 Live at the NCC: Policing, Protests, and the Constitution Part 2 Enjoying our We the People podcast? Share your review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you download your podcasts! LEARN MORE Your Membership Supports Constitutional Education for All! 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