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Direct linkSmith, William L. – Social Education, 2017
In the United States, there's a national infatuation with those who have broken barriers--racial, religious, gendered, and so on--and have presumably changed the rules of the game for others. News outlets and history textbooks seem unable to resist a good story of "firstness." Researchers have speculated why this is the case: What better…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, African American History, Barriers
