Part I: American foundations: Revolution to Civil War. Benjamin Franklin: Founding compromise ; Red Jacket: We have always lived here ; Maria Stewart: Knowledge is power ; Alexander Stephens: The cornerstone ; Abraham Lincoln: True and righteous

Part II: What kind of nation: Radical republic to superpower. Frederick Douglass: Such things as human rights ; Anna Dickinson: Celebrity suffragette ; Mary Lease: Wall Street owns this country ; Louis Brandeis: Americanism ; Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Four freedoms

Part III: Contested nation: Civil rights to MAGA. Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy: An American dream ; Dolores Huerta: You cannot pretend that we do not exist ; Ronald Reagan: God and country ; Barack Obama: Breaking the racial stalemate ; Donald Trump: I will win for you.