Peter J. Gomes
THE 27 AMENDMENTS that have altered the US Constitution range from the mundane (regulation of congressional salaries) to the Bill of Rights -- the chief ornament of our founding document. Those passed in the wake of the Civil War secured the rights and liberties of the recently enslaved and provided a guide for reconstruction and the modern civil rights movement. ... (Full Article: 695 Words)
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