Window on Williams – Martha Jones ‘Birthright Citizens, Black Americans and the Making of Democracy’

Martha Jones, legal & cultural historian, shares the 1st chapter of the history of birthright citizenship, through the story of George Hackett, a black man born in Baltimore in 1807. She reminds us that Kamala Harris & Barack Obama's birthright citizenships were challenged.

Producer
Jim Kolesar / Williams College Office of Public Affairs and Media Services
Series
Window on Williams
Category
Lectures & Forums