"Constitutional democracy, equal justice for all, the American Dream, and American Exceptionalism are all part of our countrys narrative. But, as Imagining a Great Republic explains, there has never been just a single American narrativewe have competing stories, just as we have competing American Dreams and competing ways of imagining a more perfect political union. Recognizing and understanding these competing values is a key part of being American....

In 1962 in America, slavery is legal again. Twenty years earlier the United States lost a war, and is now being occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.