Table of Contents
Introduction David M. Rubenstein 13
1 Promise and Principle
Jill Lepore on 400 Years of American History 47
Danielle S. Allen on the Declaration of Independence 74
Catherine Brekus on Religious Freedom 96
Donald E. Graham on the First Amendment and Freedom of the Press 119
Michael Beschloss on the Presidential Election of 2020 143
2 Suffering and Sorrow
Philip J. Deloria on Native American History 163
Drew Gilpin Faust on Death and the Civil War 190
Ken Burns on the Vietnam War 208
Jack Jacobs on Military Service 229
3 Restoration and Repair
Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Reconstruction 251
David W. Blight on Frederick Douglass 267
Elaine Weiss on Women's Suffrage 295
Jon Meacham on John Lewis and Civil Rights 320
4 Invention and Ingenuity
Bhu Srinivasan on 400 Years of American Capitalism 345
Walter Isaacson on American Innovation 373
David McCullough on the Wright Brothers 399
Douglas Brinkley on the Race to the Moon 425
Dr. Francis S. Collins on the Human Genome Project and Scientific Research 452
5 Creation and Culture
Wynton Marsalis on Jazz, America's National Art 475
Rita Moreno on the Actor's Life 496
Mark Bradford on the Visual Arts 516
Billie Jean King on Tennis and Activism 531
Cal Ripken Jr. on Baseball 555
6 Becoming and Belonging
Lillian Faderman on the Struggle for Gay Rights 585
Jia Lynn Yang on the History of Immigration 611
Madeleine K. Albright on Being an Immigrant 638
Sonia Sotomayor on Civics and Civic Education 652
Acknowledgments 675
About the Contributors 679
Appendix I Citizenship Test 703
Appendix II Full Harris Poll Survey Results 735