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The battle lines are drawn, as they have been. The fight for voting rights and for reckoning with our history is at a dangerous juncture. But there are signs of hope. I see, among many of my fellow citizens, a far greater awareness of the complexity of American history than I have in the past. This is what frightens all those peddling the scare tactics of “critical race theory.” They can see that once people open their eyes to history and reality, they can still love America while wanting to improve it. They can demand progress from a position of knowledge and strength. And they can use that knowledge to organize and effect change.

-Dam Rather

As a student of American history I am heartened by an increasing recognition of the complexity of our history. Serious study of American history is not for the intellectually faint-hearted.