In recognition of the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding, we are excited to offer each of our Equality: Race and Constitutional History courses for $250 (a $100 savings).
This course collection examines race and the United States Constitution, from the framing of the nation’s founding charter to the evolution of modern voting rights. Gain new insights into the key constitutional developments about race across United States history.
Professor Michael J. Klarman brings his decades of award-winning classroom teaching to learners around the globe through action-packed, engaging recorded (asynchronous) lectures, enriched with brief readings and question sets for learners to apply and extend the course material.
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Enroll in one or both courses in this collection. Each course is regularly $350, but is currently discounted to $250. Register today!
Course 1: The Founding to Reconstruction
Next Cohort: Oct. 7, 2026
Registration Deadline: Oct, 2, 2026
Key topics this course covers are:
- Slavery at the Constitutional Convention
- The Fugitive Slave Issue
- Slavery in the Territories
- The 13th Amendment and Part I of the 14th Amendment
- Part II of the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment
- Retreat from Reconstruction and the Triumph of White Supremacy
Course 2: The Great Migration to Modern Voting Rights
Next Cohort: Oct. 14 2026
Registration Deadline: Oct. 9, 2026
Key topics this course covers are:
- Race in the Interwar Period
- Race in the World War II Era
- Brown Internal Deliberations
- Subsequent Desegregation Developments
- Race in the Burger and Rehnquist Courts (Affirmative Action)
- Race in the Roberts Court (Modern Voting Rights)