Radio West: Jill Lepore -- The Battle Over American History

The Battle Over American History
Radio West (KUER: The University of Utah)

There's a lot of talk these days about the ideals of the American Revolution, but historian Jill Lepore says the Tea Party isn't the first to yearn for the past. In the Civil War, both sides claimed the revolution. Civil rights leaders and segregationists said they were the sons of liberty. The problem, Lepore says, is that people are talking about an America that never was.

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