{"id":12317,"date":"2025-10-15T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:22:51","slug":"lecture-explores-global-influence-of-american-democracy-at-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/10\/15\/lecture-explores-global-influence-of-american-democracy-at-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture explores global influence of American democracy at 250"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Albie Sachs addresses a full crowd during his lecture at the Missouri State Historical Society.\" class=\"wp-image-12318\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/20251014173120_websize.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judge Albie Sachs addresses a full crowd during his lecture at the Missouri State Historical Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.missouri.edu\/\">The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy<\/a> recently welcomed world-renowned anti-apartheid leader, Judge Albie Sachs, to launch its <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.missouri.edu\/the-us-at-250\/global-250-lecture-series\/\">America at 250 lecture series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Judge Sachs emerged as a tireless advocate against apartheid. His work led to imprisonment, exile and a near-fatal car bombing. He did not respond with vengeance, but instead with a belief that justice is the path to healing. After apartheid ended, he played a pivotal role in drafting South Africa\u2019s democratic constitution and was appointed by Nelson Mandela to the country\u2019s first Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Sachs is a great friend to the University of Missouri. He\u2019s visited campus before to share stories of hope, courage, resiliency and personal agency to make a difference. He\u2019s also been part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umsystem.edu\/impact\/engagement-outreach\/south-african-education-program\">nearly 40-year partnership with the University of the Western Cape<\/a> in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2019, we were proud to award Judge Sachs an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Mizzou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before his recent lecture, he also had an opportunity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UniversityofMissouriLaw\/posts\/we-were-honored-to-welcome-justice-albie-sachs-to-mizzou-law-today-to-speak-to-o\/1424975522963399\/\">visit with Mizzou Law students<\/a> and discuss the influence of the U.S. Constitution on democracy globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kinder Institute is the country\u2019s leading organization dedicated to the study of American constitutional democracy. The America at 250 lecture series celebrates our nation\u2019s founding while advancing Kinder\u2019s decade-long mission to foster interdisciplinary engagement with democratic values. In the months ahead, we\u2019ll host seven additional America at 250 lectures to further enrich our understanding of the principles that shape our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m grateful to Judge Sachs for returning to campus and sharing his important message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy recently welcomed world-renowned anti-apartheid leader, Judge Albie Sachs, to launch its America at 250 lecture series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13086,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/13086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}