Three-fifths of a Democracy: America's Original Sin

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we discuss a new multimedia project from the Media Policy Center which examines how the Three-Fifth’s Compromise of 1787 became one of the tenets of our democracy and continues to affect U.S. politics into the 21st century.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Harry Wiland, Founder, Co-President and Co-CEO of Media Policy Center, historian Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University, and Ted Widmer, former speechwriter for the Clinton White House.  They discuss a new multimedia project from the Media Policy Center, which examines how the Three-Fifth’s Compromise of 1787 became one of the tenets of our democracy and continues to affect U.S. politics into the 21st century. 

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