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Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
Political violence throughout American history
“Mobs trying to overturn democratic elections are not necessarily new in American history, but it has happened enough that we have to realize it's a symbol of a problem with democracy,” says Columbia University Eric Foner. “Or, a problem with people accepting the legitimacy of everybody having a say in our political democratic system.”
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Follow the pursuit of democracy from the Revolutionary War through recurring cycles of...