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The Reconstruction Amendments — the 13th, 14th and 15th — were meant to rebuild the country after the Civil War. More Perfect takes a look at some of the echoes of the amendments today.
Amendments 13, 14 and 15 were passed as instructions to rebuild the country after Civil War. They addressed slavery, citizenship, equality and voting rights for Black people. In this episode, the More Perfect team explores the legacy of the amendments beyond the Civil War — the ways the promises of these amendments changed the country and the ways they've fallen short.
First, More Perfect Executive Producer Suzie Lechtenberg and Legal Editor Elie Mystal explore the loophole in the 13th Amendment's slavery ban that's being used in a strange context: college football. We share songs about the 13th Amendment from:
Kash Doll: youtu.be/bGXXMjaASM8
Bette Smith: youtu.be/C3c7eN4KRmQ
Then, producer Julia Longoria shares a conversation with her roommate Alia Almeida exploring their relationship to the amendments.
Inspired by the 14th's Amendment's grant of equal protection and citizenship rights, Sarah Kay's poem tells the story of her grandmother, a U.S. citizen who was interned during World War II in a Japanese American Internment camp: youtu.be/AxjK_ViGqp4
Despite the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of U.S. citizens based solely on their Japanese heritage in a case called Korematsu v. United States. In 2018, the Supreme Court said Korematsu was "wrong the day it was decided." The Court went on to uphold President Trump's controversial travel ban in Trump v. Hawaii. "Korematsu has nothing to do with this case," wrote the majority. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sotomayor accused the majority of "redeploying the same dangerous logic underlying Korematsu" when they upheld the ban.
Finally, hear songs inspired by the 15th Amendment by:
Aisha Burns: youtu.be/Lg-FkHdwxTs
Nnamidi Ogbonnaya: youtu.be/S2lK2LMJ9Dw
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This season, More Perfect is taking our camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 Amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. We're taking on these 27 Amendments both in song and in story. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes.
27: The Most Perfect Album: youtube.com/watch?v=WC4pipL-NwI&list=PLLHAUHF-RPhlzK3b_5ddE9BcX5abtjaNM
Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/membership
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
The Reconstruction Amendments — the 13th, 14th and 15th — were meant to rebuild the country after the Civil War. More Perfect takes a look at some of the echoes of the amendments today.
Amendments 13, 14 and 15 were passed as instructions to rebuild the country after Civil War. They addressed slavery, citizenship, equality and voting rights for Black people. In this episode, the More Perfect team explores the legacy of the amendments beyond the Civil War — the ways the promises of these amendments changed the country and the ways they've fallen short.
First, More Perfect Executive Producer Suzie Lechtenberg and Legal Editor Elie Mystal explore the loophole in the 13th Amendment's slavery ban that's being used in a strange context: college football. We share songs about the 13th Amendment from:
Kash Doll: youtu.be/bGXXMjaASM8
Bette Smith: youtu.be/C3c7eN4KRmQ
Then, producer Julia Longoria shares a conversation with her roommate Alia Almeida exploring their relationship to the amendments.
Inspired by the 14th's Amendment's grant of equal protection and citizenship rights, Sarah Kay's poem tells the story of her grandmother, a U.S. citizen who was interned during World War II in a Japanese American Internment camp: youtu.be/AxjK_ViGqp4
Despite the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause, the Supreme Court upheld the internment of U.S. citizens based solely on their Japanese heritage in a case called Korematsu v. United States. In 2018, the Supreme Court said Korematsu was "wrong the day it was decided." The Court went on to uphold President Trump's controversial travel ban in Trump v. Hawaii. "Korematsu has nothing to do with this case," wrote the majority. In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sotomayor accused the majority of "redeploying the same dangerous logic underlying Korematsu" when they upheld the ban.
Finally, hear songs inspired by the 15th Amendment by:
Aisha Burns: youtu.be/Lg-FkHdwxTs
Nnamidi Ogbonnaya: youtu.be/S2lK2LMJ9Dw
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🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
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This season, More Perfect is taking our camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 Amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. We're taking on these 27 Amendments both in song and in story. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes.
27: The Most Perfect Album: youtube.com/watch?v=WC4pipL-NwI&list=PLLHAUHF-RPhlzK3b_5ddE9BcX5abtjaNM
Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/membership
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
