FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents a Constitution Day program
"Equality and the Constitution:
A Conversation and Book Signing
with Kermit Roosevelt III
and John Q. Barrett"
Saturday, September 17, 2022
at 2:00 p.m.
In-person*:
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
[*local health metrics permitting;
CLICK HERE to register.]
Online: Streamed live to
the official FDR Library
social media accounts:
YouTube, Twitter and Facebook
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum presents a Constitution Day program, "Equality and the Constitution: A Conversation and Book Signing with Kermit Roosevelt III and John Q. Barrett" at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2022. St. John’s University law professor and Library Trustee John Q. Barrett and University of Pennsylvania Professor of Constitutional Law Kermit Roosevelt III will discuss how the "standard story" of the origin and development of American values has helped -- or hindered -- the Nation's journey towards a more universal equality for all Americans. Following the program, Roosevelt will sign copies of his new book, THE NATION THAT NEVER WAS: RECONSTRUCTING AMERICA'S STORY.
The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home and streamed live to the official FDR Library YouTube, Twitter and Facebook accounts. This is a free public event*, but registration is required for in-person attendance. CLICK HERE to register. [*local health metrics permitting]
Kermit Roosevelt III is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. A former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice David Souter, he is the author of THE MYTH OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, as well as two novels, ALLEGIANCE and IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAW.
John Q. Barrett is a Roosevelt Library Trustee and teaches Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure and Legal History at St. John's University School of Law. Fifty years after U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson's death, Professor Barrett discovered and edited Jackson's previously unknown manuscript, now an acclaimed book, THAT MAN: AN INSIDER'S PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. His regular “Jackson List” emails (www.thejacksonlist.com) reach well over 100,000 readers around the world. He is currently writing a biography of Robert H. Jackson. He is the Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow and a Board member at the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York. Professor Barrett is a graduate of Georgetown University and Harvard Law School.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit fdrlibrary.org.
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