The Law Library of Congress and the Library of Congress Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement are excited to announce our annual Constitution and Citizenship Day lecture on September 17th at 3 p.m. EDT. This year’s lecture will be an online event and will be given by Michael J. Murphy, a historical publications specialist in …
On September 17, 2020, Michael J. Murphy, a historical publications specialist with the Office of the Historian for the United States House of Representatives, provided a lecture for the Constitution and Citizenship Day celebration titled, “The Bulwark of Freedom”: African-American Members of Congress and the Constitution During Reconstruction.” Michael discussed the lives of the first …
This is a guest post by Jeanne Dennis, Acting Assistant Director of the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service. Last Constitution Day, September 17, 2019, the Library launched constitution.congress.gov, a new website for Congress’s official record of the Constitution: The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation. For over 100 …
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On January 6, 1874, Robert B. Elliot, an African American representative, from South Carolina debated a landmark civil rights bill on the floor of Congress against the former vice president of the Confederacy, Alexander Stephens. Robert B. Elliott served as a prominent delegate to the 1868 South Carolina State Constitutional Convention and was later elected to the …
In December of 2019, the Law Library’s Rare Book Curator Nathan Dorn and I visited the Library of Congress Special Collections Division to take photos of a first printing of the Articles of Confederation for a rare book video we created about the Articles. At the end of the document, we were intrigued to find a …
The Law Day theme for this year is “Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” In preparation for celebrating Law Day, we were fortunate to host American Bar Association President Judy Perry Martinez in the Library of Congress Jefferson Building on March 11th for a conversation about the legacy of the …
