Akhil Amar: Born Equal: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1840-1920

Based on his forthcoming book, Born Equal: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1840-1920, Professor Amar’s lecture will explore America’s constitutional debates from 1840 to 1920. The narrative begins with millions of Blacks in chains and culminates with millions of women winning the right to vote. It continues from Professor Amar’s 2021 book, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760- 1840, previously presented at The Four Arts.

Akhil Reed Amar is a Sterling Professor of Law at Yale University.A summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, he clerked for Judge (later Justice) Stephen Breyer before joining the Yale faculty at age 26. He is the only living Yale professor to have won the University’s unofficial triple crown: the Sterling Chair for scholarship, the DeVane Medal for teaching, and the Lamar Award for alumni service.

Monday, April 7th, 2025 at 3:00PM

The Society of the Four Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL 33480

Event registration here: https://fourarts.org/event/creating-a-nation-born-equal-americas-constitutional-conversation-1840-1920-with-akhil-reed-amar/