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Understanding the Bill of Rights at Half Hollow Hills Community Library
1. Is A Bill of Rights Necessary? This introductory session will analyze the role of the first ten amendments in our constitutional structure, why it wasn’t included in the original seven articles drafted in 1787 and why some framers believed a bill or rights was “unnecessary." *** April 13 2. Amendment I: Freedom of Religion Does the Constitution mandate the separation of church and state? In this session we will consider how Founding-era ideals have been applied to the controversial issue of religion and government interaction in America. *** May 11 3. Amendment I: […]
Find out more »Forgotten Suffrage History and its Echoes in Today’s Fight for Voting Rights at LWV of the City of New York
This reading group will examine the history of all women's struggle to obtain the right of citizenship by winning the right to vote. With insights to understand today's struggle to preserve the right to vote for all American citizens, no matter their race, sex, geographical location, party affiliation or other limiting factors.
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James Baldwin’s America, a Reading & Discussion program at Woodstock Public Library
This series is designed for Woodstock adult readers who are interested in race relations as they’ve shaped American history and continue to impact our present. James Baldwin’s writings provide a nuanced literary viewpoint into this immediately relevant topic, and we anticipate that the discussion will draw parallels between Baldwin’s experiences and concerns and the effects of the ongoing prejudices against Black Americans that still predominate in our culture. The goal of this series is to prompt insightful and frank conversation in our community about racism in America and ways to work against it.
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