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How history textbooks will deal with the US Capitol attack

  • Written by Wendy Wall, Associate Professor of 20th Century American History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageRioters clash with police as they try to enter the Capitol building. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Editor’s note: The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol represented an event unlike any other in American history. But how will it be portrayed in history textbooks used in America’s K-12 schools and colleges? Here,...

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