Lecture—"Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America"

Using two of the “Declaration” moments in American history and political thought, including the relationship between Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison and the congressional debate over the Spanish-American War, David Bobb and Tony Williams will make the case for the declaration’s centrality as a touchstone for American debate. David Bobb For more than 20 years David Bobb has been one of the leading advocates for strong history and civic education in the United States. David is president and CEO of the Bill of Rights Institute, a position he’s held since 2013. David serves on the advisory board for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s National Civics Bee, on the Steering Committee for Educating for Democracy, and on the advisory board of the Aspen Institute’s Rising Generations Strategy Group. Author of Humility: An Unlikely Biography of America’s Greatest Virtue, and a chapter on Frederick Douglass in a volume published by Oxford University Press, David has written for the Wall Street Journal and Education Week, among more than 100 other publications. His most recent book, co-authored with Tony Williams, is Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America. David earned a Ph. D. in political science from Boston College. Tony Williams Tony Williams is a senior fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute. He is the author of seven books on the American Revolution and founding including Divided Over the Declaration: The Enduring Debate that Sustains the Vision of America, with David Bobb. Originally published at constudies.nd.edu.