Don’t Know Much About U.S. History? NEH Chief Is Aiming To Change That
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WASHINGTON – The ferocity of the debate in recent weeks over what makes an American – the heated immigration argument in the Congress, the large-scale protests on city streets – may have shocked some citizens, but it’s an issue the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bruce Cole, addresses every day.
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