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

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

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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

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