Two hundred and fifty years ago, victory in the American Revolution empowered its founding fathers to consider a glorious ‘revolutionary idea’: a democracy of inclusiveness and diversity for all.

Imagine you were at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You were among the delegates who shaped the founding document of a new nation. You were also among the few who knew the harsh reality of slavery, the system that provided free labor for many of the...

In 1789, French society, through the French Revolution, boldly proclaimed 'Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.' Yet this revolution, which claimed to bring complete change, did not seek freedom for all. The vile and inhumane system of slavery was reinstated after the revolution, and the three...