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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
1. Promise and Principle
Jill Lepore on 400 Years of American History
Danielle S. Allen on the Declaration of Independence
Catherine Brekus on Religious Freedom
Donald E. Graham on the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press
Michael Beschloss on the Presidential Election of 2020
2. Suffering and Sorrow
Philip J. Deloria on Native American History
Drew Gilpin Faust on Death and the Civil War
Ken Burns on the Vietnam War
Jack Jacobs on Military Service
3. Restoration and Repair
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Reconstruction
David W. Blight on Frederick Douglass
Elaine Weiss on Women’s Suffrage
Jon Meacham on John Lewis and Civil Rights
4. Invention and Ingenuity
Bhu Srinivasan on 400 Years of American Capitalism
Walter Isaacson on American Innovation
David McCullough on the Wright Brothers
Douglas Brinkley on the Race to the Moon
Dr. Francis S. Collins on the Human Genome Project and Scientific Research
5. Creation and Culture
Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, America’s National Art
Rita Moreno on the Actor’s Life
Mark Bradford on the Visual Arts
Billie Jean King on Tennis and Activism
Cal Ripken Jr. on Baseball
6. Becoming and Belonging
Lillian Faderman on the Struggle for Gay Rights
Jia Lynn Yang on the History of Immigration
Madeleine K. Albright on Being an Immigrant
Sonia Sotomayor on Civics and Civic Education
About the Contributors
Appendix I: Citizenship Test
Appendix II: Full Harris Poll Survey Results
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
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