Historian Jon Meacham on the 2020 Presidential Election

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 9:20 a.m.

b'Pulitzer prize-winning historian Jon Meacham shed light on the current climate of partisanship and division in his book \\u201cThe Soul of America\\u201d, where he examined pivotal moments in U.S history from the Civil War through Jim Crow to show how -- in Abraham Lincoln\\u2019s words -- the \\u201cbetter angels of our nature\\u201d usually win. Meacham, whose newest book is \\u201cHis Truth is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope\\u201d,\\xa0 joins us to bring historical context to this moment.'