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Born in Decatur, Illinois
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Ph.D., Harvard University, sociology
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Poll Worker
Poll Worker in Madison County and was jailed for 2 hours -
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Loewen v. Turnipseed
Senior author of Mississippi: Conflict and Change a history textbook. It was not adopted because it was "too controversal"—sued the school board and won! -
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Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont: Race Relations
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Book: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
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Book: Teaching What Really Happened:How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks & Get Students Excited About Doing History
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The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" about the "Lost Cause"