Constitution Day

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 12:00pm to 1:00pm - virtual program on celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment to the Constitution. Guest speaker:  Jessica Vanlanduyt from the Atlanta History Center.

Jessica Vanlanduyt is Vice President of Guest Experiences at the Atlanta History Center and curated the exhibition Any Great Change: The Centennial of the 19th Amendment .

Recording of the event is in SMARTech

   For e-books on women's suffrage, see the Books tab/page on this Guide.

Monday, Sept. 17th -

   Booth at Student Center (near Auntie Anne's), 10:30-2:00; coordinated by Library and staffed by representatives of the GT Library, Enterprise Risk Management, and Office of Sponsored Research (OSP).

   Pocket Constitutions and mini flags were distributed.

• Privacy Please! Part I: A Constitutional History of Wiretapping

  Video of a talk by Dr. Robert Pikowsky of Georgia Tech. Runtime: 53:14 minutes. Lecture given Sept. 18, 2007.
• Who's Listening Now?

  On 20th September 2007 Larry Keller spoke on the topic "Who's Listening Now? The 4th Amendment and Government Surveillance of Electronic Communications: Has Technology Outrun the Constitution?"
• Locked Out: How the United States Limits Voter Participation

  On 17 September 2008, William Winders spoke on the topic of how voter participation is limited by the rules governing elections as well as other factors.

Sept. 14, 2012 - WREK radio - "Lost in the Stacks" segment  theme - Voting Rights and the Constitution.  Dr. Thomas "Danny" Boston was the guest; professor in the GT School of Economics.  He began working for Civil Rights while inhigh school, and discussed Voting Rights issues for the 2012 election.