Thomas Jefferson: The Reader and Writer

Run time: 1 hour

Historians Andrew Browning, Nancy Isenberg, and Thomas Kidd explore Thomas Jefferson’s life and legacy through the lens of his own education and what he read—and how those influences shaped the American idea. Listen on We the People

The Battle for the American West

Run time: 1 hour, 5 minutes

For Native American Heritage Month, the National Constitution Center presents a discussion with historians H.W. Brands, Lori Daggar, and Lindsay Robertson for a historical overview of U.S. westward expansion, manifest destiny, and the impact on native peoples and tribes. Watch now

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November 9, 1953: Supreme Court Upholds Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On this day, the United States Supreme Court upheld a prior, controversial decision that allowed major league baseball to operate outside of the Sherman Antitrust Act. ...” Read more

November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is Elected President

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On this day, voters in the United States went to the polls in an election that ended with Abraham Lincoln as President, in an act that led to the Civil War. But Lincoln’s victory didn’t happen on that day, and his victory wasn’t assured for months. ...” Read more

The Preamble

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

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