Lucas Morel
Professor and scholar of American political thought with expertise on Abraham Lincoln and the founding; contributor to the National Constitution Center's Declaration project and participant in this episode discussing the Declaration's principles.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 60min
The Declaration of Independence and the Push for Racial Equality
Melvin Rogers, historian of African American political thought, and Lucas Morel, scholar of American political theory, discuss how the Declaration's language has been used by figures from Prince Hall to Martin Luther King Jr. They explore early abolitionist petitions, fiery calls for self-liberation, Lincoln’s reframing of the founding, Reconstruction’s legal turn, and civil rights appeals to equality and voting.
