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James West Davidson
James West Davidson is the author of
A Little History of the United States
and
‘They Say’: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race.
He has collaborated on American-history surveys for college, high school, and the middle grades.
Mike Kemp / In Pictures / Getty
How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far
A historian imagines the chapter high schoolers might read one day about this momentous time.
James West Davidson
July 9, 2020