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    Articles by Jon Grinspan

    Jon Grinspan is a political history curator at the Smithsonian Institution and author of Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War.
    October 10, 2024
    How a 19th-century news revolution sparked activists, influencers, disinformation, and the Civil War
    Long before anyone was accused of being “woke,” the Wide Awakes used new news technology to rapidly construct a national movement.
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