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ERIC Number: EJ362234
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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Our Living Constitution.
Marshall, Thurgood
Educational Leadership, v45 n2 p85 Oct 1987
Admonishes would-be flag-wavers to commemorate the U.S. bicentennial year more quietly by honoring the struggle and sacrifice that has triumphed over a flawed Constitution guaranteeing liberty, justice, and equality to all, but originally allowing slavery. Champions the emergence of new constitutional principles and views the Constitution as a living, changing document. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Protection, Justice, Racial Discrimination, Slavery, Social Discrimination
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Constitution; Supreme Court