Been There, Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can Overcome

Been There, Done That: How Our History Shows What We Can OvercomeOur nations past is full of massive upheaval, disagreement, and departures from the moral high ground. The political gentlemanly conduct of yesteryear is no more than a myth. But that reality never allowed our worst historical selves to defeat our better angels. In Been There, Done That, Greg looks back in time to eight examples from our nations history and shows that some of the hottest issues of our day are, in fact, American traditions that stand

lay it among your linens

Habit: Succulent foliage on 6 to 12 inch

Arion Press is the only printer in the United States to make books entirely by hand from comma to cover under one roof

Print length: 816 pages

once established

spreads by rhizomes to form large colonies

it stacked the deck against others

Adorned with beautifully embroidered flowers and the heartfelt sentiment

Publisher: Basic Books

Williamsburg's John Custis first mentioned it around 1738 and

Jefferson considered it a good plant for shrubberies and was planting Sweetpepper Bush at Monticello as early as 1771

Givens challenges today’s myopic commemorations of iconic figures and urges us to expand our understanding of Black history to include the everyday lives of ordinary people—the “workadays” whose stories have long gone untold but form critical parts of Black history