East Stroudsburg University is pleased to announce that Christopher Brooks, Dr. phil., professor of history has recently completed work with the National Constitution Center.<\/p>\n
Dr. Brooks selected documents, provided commentary and edited essential primary documents for the National Constitution Center\u2019s Founders\u2019 Library. Brooks worked alongside Dr. Kenneth Mack, Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, to select documents included in the Library\u2019s Civil Rights Era<\/a>. The historic documents in this set cover the Truman Administration to the Civil Rights Era through the end of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n \u201cDocument selection involved consideration of well and lesser-known documents that had broad impact. It was equally important to select documents that represented as many different constituencies of our nation\u2019s rich history and culture as possible,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n According to the website, \u201cThe National Constitution Center\u2019s Founders\u2019 Library includes primary texts that span American History – from the philosophical works that influenced the Founding generation to the most important speeches, essays, books, pamphlets, petitions, letters, court cases, landmark statutes, and state constitutions that have shaped the American constitutional tradition. To ensure nonpartisan rigor and ideological diversity, we assembled a group of leading scholars from diverse perspectives to help choose the primary texts included in the Founders\u2019 Library. We\u2019ve also included sources curated by the National Constitution Center team.\u201d<\/p>\n