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

Published: March 18, 2021, 4:11 p.m.

In this edition of\xa0Wilson Center NOW\xa0we are joined by Harry Wiland, Founder, Co-President and Co-CEO of Media Policy Center, historian Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University, and Ted Widmer, a former speechwriter for the Clinton White House. \xa0They discuss a new multimedia project from the Media Policy Center, which examines how the Three-Fifth\u2019s Compromise\xa0of 1787 became one of the tenets of our democracy and continues to affect U.S. politics into the 21stcentury.\xa0