The Struggle to Realize Enlightenment Ideals: From the Early Days of the American Republic to the Present

The Salon will feature a reading of Jamie Stiehm’s new play about the early Republic “Across The River,” followed by a distinguished panel exploring challenges to full political participation by women and people of color in America. 

This Salon will bring back the same talented actors who made Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson come alive at our HumanitiesDC-funded Salon event last October.  

The post-show panel will feature Fergus Bordewich, Historian and Writer, Dr. Maya Kornberg, Research Fellow, Elections and Government Program, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, Jasleen Singh, Counsel, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice, and Angela Tate, Curator of Women’s History, National Museum of African American History and Culture.

This project is supported by a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.