US Constitutional History Since 1877

Welcome! This is the website for our Spring 2012 exploration into the history of the US Constitution since 1877, a graduate course for educators in the Worcester Public Schools. I look forward to meeting you in person in January.

The course will meet Mondays from 6-9 on the campus of Worcester State University in Sullivan room 102.

Readings:

You will be provided the following texts as readings for the course and to keep as professional resources for your own collection. We will not use all of them in their entirety since our course only emphasizes the period since 1877, but hopefully they will also prove valuable to you beyond our coursework this semester.

Akhil Reed Amar, America’s Constitution: A Biography (New York: Random House, 2005). ISBN 978-0812972726

Kermit L. Hall and Timothy S. Heubner, eds., Major Problems in American Constitutional History, 2^nd ed (Wadsworth/Cengage Learning, 2010). ISBN 978-0618543335

Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford St. Martins, 1997). ISBN 978-03120137434

Waldo E. Martin, Jr., Brown v. Board of Education: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford St. Martins, 1998). ISBN 978-0312111526