250 years ago "the unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America" announced separation from King George III, stating "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." These truths — advocated by Americans including Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Seneca Falls, NY 1848), Frederick Douglas (Rochester, NY 1852), Abraham Lincoln (Gettysburg, PA 1863), and Martin Luther King, Jr. (“I Have a Dream” Speech, Washington, DC 1963) — have reverberated throughout our nation’s history, changing our laws and Constitution.
During this event, Partner Harlan Levy will moderate a conversation with Professor Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University.
Professor Amar's scholarship includes extensive work on the Declaration’s impact, then and now. He is the author of numerous books, including two Constitutional histories, Born Equal (2025) and The Words that Made Us (2021).
Video courtesy of the New York City Bar Association
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