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The First Great Awakening: Faith, Fire, and a New American Identity
Long before the Revolution, a different kind of rebellion was stirring, one in the soul. The First Great Awakening reshaped American religion and helped plant the seeds of self-government and democratic identity.

MLK the Disrupter and the Poor People’s Campaign
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final chapter was about more than civil rights—it was a bold demand for economic justice that challenged the nation’s values at their core.

McCarthyism: Fear, Power, and the Red Scare
In the 1950s, fear of communism gripped America. Senator Joseph McCarthy fueled this fear by accusing hundreds of people of being communist traitors—often without proof. The result was a national panic that tested the meaning of truth, justice, and freedom.
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