Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture: Prof. Saul Cornell, “Race and the Second Amendment.”

Prof. Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University, author of “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers And The Origins Of Gun Control In America,” along with many other works, will explore the complex connections between race and the Second Amendment by examining the constitutional arguments over the right to bear arms in relation to slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Reconstruction Era.
April 4, 2017
7:00 pm
April 4, 2017
8:30 pm
Cultural
SUB Activities Room
Prof. Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History at Fordham University, author of “A Well-Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers And The Origins Of Gun Control In America,” along with many other works, will explore the complex connections between race and the Second Amendment by examining the constitutional arguments over the right to bear arms in relation to slavery, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Reconstruction Era.
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