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Dissent: An American Tradition

September 03, 2019

In this Town Hall, historian Ralph Young discusses his book Dissent: The History of an American Idea. Young details marquee moments of American dissent from the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary War, through the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s, to modern movements like the Colin Kaepernick-led national anthem protests—and what they mean for constitutional change. NCC scholar-in-residence Michael Gerhardt moderates (and our National Constitution Center members chime in with questions).  

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