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<span>Ida B Wells used a strategy we would today called "data journalism" in her anti-lynching campaign. She traveled through the south keeping records of all the lynchings that occured and the reasons for them. She then put this together in her book "A Red Record: Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynchings In the United States" establishing several arguments of how lynchings were used to control African Americans.</span>
U.s history is important because an educated electorate is crucial to protecting and nurturing freedom. Historical study is important for many reasons. But for an American, the study of u.s history is particularly important. We need not all be scholars of the American revolution, but we do need an appreciation of what sets us apart from other countries and where we still need to improve.
