Eric Foner
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A timely and excellent book by Professor Eric Foner. His book focuses on the three amendments to the U.S. Constitution (13th, 14th, and 15th) that encompass provisions like birthright citizenship, the ending of slavery, and the right to vote. He points out that these rights that American citizens held sacred in the latter part of the 20th century are the same rights we hold sacred today. He warns that they have been consistently challenged by the... (read more)
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