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Iowa students, like students across the nation, struggle to make sense of their nation s history. It is a story of high ideals and hypocrisy, democracy and human exploitation, the rule of law and racial violence. It is not all good; it is not all bad. But one of Iowa s state legislators does not trust teachers, scholar and most importantly our children with that complex history.