Two Americas, then and now

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Two Americas, then and now

Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer

Christy DeSmith

Harvard Staff Writer

March 27, 2026 5 min read

Panel featuring filmmaker Ken Burns probes ‘disjunction’ between Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

The Declaration of Independence, with its assertion of human equality, is akin to America’s “vision statement,” said Philip Deloria...