This series provides an excellent research tool that would be an asset to any school, academic, or public library. Each volume provides a well-rounded examination of those Constitutional amendments ratified since 1791. A chronology of events and concise explanation of the text of the amendments precede a series of thought provoking essays, articles, and other relevant texts which examine the history of the amendments, their life in the court system, and their developing impact on America. Prohibition and Repeal examines the eighteenth and twenty-first amendments. This volumeÆs historical essays examine both sides of the issue; both for and against Prohibition. Most interesting is an article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Armstrong. He believed that eliminating ôboozeö would bring about the end of political corruption. Some would argue it did the opposite. Other essays examine the impact of these amendments on the Constitution, and the controversies that still surround intoxicating substances in America, such as the movement to lower the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen, and the use of ProhibitionÆs failure as a reason to end the war on drugs. Race and the Right to Vote examines the Fifteenth Amendment, which allowed all American citizens the right to vote, regardless of race. An essay from Martin Luther King Jr. is presented imploring the Federal government to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment in the aftermath of desegregation. Also notable is an excerpt from a speech by Frederick Douglass which underscored the importance in allowing blacks the right to vote in order to allow them to be responsible for their countryÆs future. Excerpts from court case transcripts illuminate the movement among certain states to restrict nonwhites from voting, such as making the ability to read and write a registration requirement. Many blacks were illiterate at this time. The volume concludes with a selection of articles