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

Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America - Hardcover

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Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America - Hardcover

Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America - Hardcover

by David J. Bobb , Tony Williams
$34.00
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Book Overview

On America's 250th anniversary comes the story of our nation's fiercest ideological struggle--over the Declaration's true meaning-- fought by the Founders, enslaved people, suffragists, civil rights leaders, and more, an enduring battle that has tested and reaffirmed the unifying principles of our democracy.

As America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the nation remains divided over the true meaning of its most resonant words--equality, liberty, and unalienable rights. Alongside the historical figures who forged the most powerful interpretations of the Declaration's ideals, readers enter the rooms, streets, battlefields, churches, and courtrooms where these meanings were questioned, defended, and redefined. They encounter Thomas Jefferson drafting the Declaration under impossible pressure, Abigail Adams urging the nation to "remember the ladies," Frederick Douglass insisting that America honor the universal promise of equality, and more.

From the nation's founding through abolition, suffrage, anti-imperialism, civil rights, and beyond, here is the story of an evolving document that has inspired movements, fueled resistance, and sparked conflict from 1776 to today. Yet it is also the story of the Declaration's greatest strength: the power to unite.
ISBN9798895151709
Author David J. Bobb , Tony Williams
PublisherDiversion Books
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedJune 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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

Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America - Hardcover

Divided Over the Declaration: How an Enduring Debate Sustains the Vision of America - Hardcover

By David J. Bobb and Tony Williams
About David J. Bobb
David J. Bobb, Ph.D., is President and CEO of the Bill of Rights Institute (BRI), one of the nation's leading civic-education organizations, whose programs reach tens of thousands of teachers and millions of students annually. A nationally recognized scholar of American political thought, Dr. Bobb has spent more than two decades working to strengthen civic knowledge and constitutional understanding through curriculum development, public programming, and large-scale educational initiatives.
About Tony Williams
Tony Williams is a Senior Fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute and one of today's most widely read interpreters of the American founding. The author of six acclaimed works of narrative history, including The Pox and the Covenant, Washington and Hamilton: The Alliance That Forged a Nation, and Hamilton: An American Biography, Williams has built a distinguished career bringing early American history to life for general readers, teachers, and students. His books have been praised for their dramatic storytelling, meticulous research, and ability to frame historical moments within broader political and ideological currents.

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