2022 REAL Team History Program: January 12-Feb 2, 2022

The REAL History team will present 4 episodes of the series Amend from Netflix, on four Wednesdays from January 12 through February 2. Amend tells the story of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. From its origins in the heart and mind of Frederick Douglass to the political wrangling needed to get ratification to the attempts to nullify it over the years and the struggle to make this country live up to its stated ideals. This series tells unfinished story of this life-changing, controversial addition to the Constitution. The REAL team will show episodes 1, 2, 3, and 6 – – the ones that involve race and ethnicity.  

Each Wednesday, we will watch an episode together on Teleparty at 7:00, then move to Zoom at 8:00 for our discussion. You can join for both, or join the Zoom for discussion at 8:00.  Please register, so that you can be included in the Teleparty. We will send instructions on the Teleparty for those who register and on the first Wednesday, January 12, we will start at 6:30 on Zoom for those who want to walk through how to get on the Teleparty. 

The struggle continues; this past year could provide another chapter to the evolution of the 14th Amendment.