Frank Lambert: 7 books

How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American...

James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962 as the first African American student at Ole Miss. The violent riot that followed would be one of the most deadly clashes of the civil rights era, seriously wounding scores of U.S. Marshals and killing two civilians, and forcing the federal government...

The delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention blocked the establishment of Christianity as a national religion. But they could not keep religion out of American politics. From the election of 1800, when Federalist clergymen charged that deist Thomas Jefferson was unfit to lead a "Christian nation,"...

The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the adoption of the Constitution; the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812; the construction of a full-time professional navy; and, most...

A Washington DC’s tale telling photo journal of what the city was in contrast to today’s Proximity to Power, with a protest or two thrown in for good measure. The emerging capital captured in the emerging field of photography and viewed not just by its own urban dwellers, but the rest of the country, the rest of the world...

The poems were inspiration to write after using the phonic exercise program. With many years of not spelling correctly, heart wood house in Ottawa Ontario [School for Adults] give me a second chance in spelling. I thank them very very much in doing great work in teaching others. The poems were written...

"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...