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‘Notable and Notorious: Ohio and the 14th Amendment’

Ohio Wesleyan History Professor Barbara Terzian to Present Vogel Lecture April 3

DELAWARE, Ohio – Did you know the Bill of Rights didn’t apply to the States? It took passage of the 14^th Amendment in 1868 to protect free speech, religion, fair trials, and equal employment opportunities everywhere.

At 7 p.m. April 3, Ohio Wesleyan University history professor Barbara Terzian, J.D., Ph.D., will present “Notable and Notorious: Ohio and the 14th Amendment,” in Benes Room B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Admission is free.

To celebrate the 150^th birthday of the 14^th Amendment, Terzian, a civil rights attorney and historian, will explain the amendment’s origins, its profound impact on our 21^st century lives, and Ohio’s distinctive relationship to it.

Of what is notable and what is notorious regarding the amendment, Terzian offers a hint: “The notable is that it was written by an Ohioan; the notorious is, well, you will just have to wait to find out.”

Terzian’s legal experience working on cases of race and gender discrimination in the late 20^th century generated her interest in learning more about the 19^th century origins of the modern civil rights and women’s movements. Today in the 21^st century classrooms of OWU, she merges both areas of expertise.

Her presentation represents Ohio Wesleyan’s 2018 Joseph and Edith Vogel Lecture sponsored by the Department of History.

The Vogel Lecture is made possible by a generous gift from their son, Ezra F. Vogel, Ph.D., a 1950 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, native of Delaware, and retired professor of East Asian Studies at Harvard University. Ezra Vogel also is the author of the critically acclaimed book, “Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.”

Learn more about Terzian, the Vogel Lecture Series, and the OWU Department of History at www.owu.edu/history.

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