Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at workinghistorians@gmail.com.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Get out your parchment and quill, it’s Constitution Day! In this episode, Rob will discuss the historical origins of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, how legal and popular conceptions of the Amendment have changed over the decades, and how the Amendment is relevant to our present political sphere.
Dr. Denning is the Associate Dean for Southern New Hampshire University’s online graduate and undergraduate history programs, the host of the Working Historians podcast series, and producer of the Passion and Practicality podcast series.
3 months ago
Thank you for the historical timeline and mapping it with events and policies made during the historical timelines as the 14th amendment passed. The constitution is a precious ethical framework. ..and the progressions were not linear. I’m a Californian who moved to the ”Constitution State” so I am especially proud of our state governments but I understand how the South (where my family originated from before the great migration) struggles with their state culture when it conflicts sometimes with post civil war policies. I’m not saying I support Confederacy, but your podcast gave me an understanding of their plight and why the Confederate values rise when diversity and modern policies for civil right are passed and implemented into state or federal laws. Your content helped me understand why Black Americans struggle so much to gain protections in the Federal and state laws. When we think of the economic decline in the South. For them, it was a loss to their era when America was indeed great for them. On a basic level I can understand why someone would want to protect those values because they were historically instilled in them to preserve their economy. It’s also interesting that Democrats at the time did not embrace the 14th amendment. This is why policies don’t always match the Black American civil rights plight. You identified my political views when you explained the Radical Republicans in the time...I’m like yeah that’s me. I wonder what the Radical Republicans would say if they new what this Radical Republican description would mean now. 😊 Context is everything..thank you and Happy Constitution Day Dr. Denning. You make me proud to be a student at SNHU.