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Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

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Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787

The United States of America is a perfect idea; the United States is a work in progress.

Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is based on the music of “Convention: The Birth of America,” composed by Judge Jim Gray (retired) Steve Lawless and Joel Henry Stein. A blend of music, history and political thought, each of the seventeen video episodes begins with a lively, history-based song from “Convention,” followed by conversations with a wide variety of experts, scholars and authors’ hosted by Dr. Jo Ellen Chatham, Judge Jim Gray and The Honorable Bijan Kian. Woven through the series is a theme of realism and optimism – “The United States of America is the perfect idea; the United States is a work in progress.

Listen to the collection of songs from “Convention: The Birth of America,” here.

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Check out the Becoming America: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 study guide here.

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