Professor Christopher Flannery looks at the autobiography of novelist, journalist, historian, and academic Henry Adams (1838-1918). Flannery focuses on what it says about the "American character" and how Adams saw it changing at the turn of the century.

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Professor David Tucker discusses the role of religion in the founding of the United States, its views by the Founding Fathers, and historical perceptions of religion and its relationship with the ideal American citizen and government. He examines the temperance movement and Abraham Lincoln's response to it.

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Professor David Tucker compares and contrasts John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson's views of the ideal American citizen and government, as suggested in their presidential speeches. He begins with some discussion of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson's views, as well. This lecture continues from the lecture "How Should Americans Live?"

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Professor David Tucker discusses the ideal "American character" and government, as suggested by several of the Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton.

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Dr. Phillip Munoz traces the discussion of religion and freedom of religion among the Founding Fathers, both prior to the creation of the U.S. Constitution, during it, and after. He examines specifically textual sources and difficulties of interpretation.

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Professor Christopher Flannery walks through the Federalist Papers. He focuses particularly on the view they suggest of human nature.

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Professor Christopher Flannery examines the ideals and values associated with being "American," what those ideals mean, and where they originated. Flannery looks at the founding documents of the United States and the positions of the Founding Fathers and of other notable figures throughout U.S. history.

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Professors Lucas E. Morel and Diana Schaub look at the history of demands for reparation for slavery and of instances and accusations of racial profiling in the U.S. They begin with a short discussion of affirmative action cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, continuing from the lecture "Affirmative Action."

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Professor Mark Tushnet discusses the life and accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), first African-American Supreme Court Justice and lawyer in the landmark desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education.

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Professor Diana Schaub compares and contrasts the writings and views of a number of civil rights and race relations writers and activists, including Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998), Charles V. Hamilton, Bell Hooks (born 1952), Shelby Steele (born 1946), and Ralph Ellison (1913-1994).

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