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Some US history books that are relatively unknown in the US:

-Ann Douglas "Terrible Honesty" (Study of artists, Black and nonblack in New York/Manhattan in the 20s)

-James W. Douglass "JFK & the Unspeakable"

-Walter Johnson "River of Dark Dreams"

-Gerald Horne "The Counterrevolution of 1776"

-J. Sakai, Settlers (readsettlers.org)

-Ida Wells "Lynch Law in America"

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You’re close to another good point: historical conversation tends to start around 1776 in the US in a manner not too different from 1776 being the start of time. I read a fuller historical account from a perspective including what’s known about America before the Spanish found it, through Spanish colonization, and through to the modern era. I’ve known my fellow citizens to fall prey to the idea that “our history” refers to a telling solely from the view that started in 1776. But that’s inconsistent with the view that the US is the home of people with family from all over.

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