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The first few professors in the field of history had only been appointed at major universities in the 1870s. Until then, wealthy men with the leisure time to pursue such endeavors did most of the writing of history and collection of historical manuscripts and archives.</p> <p>Recognizing that a distinct field was emerging, a number of historians in the academy proposed an organization to establish high professional standards for historical training and research. In 1884, “professors, teachers, specialists, and others interested in the advancement of history in this country” were called to gather at the annual meeting of the American Social Science Association (ASSA) in Saratoga, New York. Despite the opposition of the ASSA’s president, John Eaton, the historians present voted to establish the American Historical Association as a separate organization. Herbert Baxter Adams, an associate professor in history at Johns Hopkins University, became the first secretary of the AHA and remained in that role for the next 16 years. Andrew Dickson White, a historian and president of Cornell University, was selected as the AHA’s first president.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-bqod9jv435hl ghost-button" data-node="bqod9jv435hl"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/about/aha-history/brief-history-of-the-aha/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Read More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-ohcenqf57bkw" data-node="ohcenqf57bkw"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-xat6qdh8vu3e fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols content-heading-content" data-node="xat6qdh8vu3e"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-b53vnt67shle" data-node="b53vnt67shle"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-4hby852ejz10 fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-custom-width" data-node="4hby852ejz10"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-9peglz2oaj3r fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="9peglz2oaj3r"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-ur234pimscxv" data-node="ur234pimscxv"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h3 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">Racist Histories and the AHA</span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-i2q5rzemankx fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="i2q5rzemankx"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-ifpr1wjx9bh2" data-node="ifpr1wjx9bh2"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>In 2021, the AHA began an initiative "to document and reckon with the Association’s role in the dissemination and legitimation of racist historical scholarship that has had a deep and lasting influence on public culture." The AHA’s founding occurred during a decade that was rife with exclusionary practices preceding the enactment of Jim Crow laws and that saw further assault on Indigenous people’s rights through the passage of the Dawes Act of 1887. At the 1893 AHA annual meeting, Frederick Jackson Turner articulated his “frontier thesis,” published as one of the most influential articles in the history of the discipline—and one that virtually ignored the presence of African Americans in the nation’s supposedly formative process and cast Indigenous people largely as obstacles. The AHA’s origins are intertwined with this racist and exclusionary historical context.</p> <p>Through the <a href="https://www.historians.org/about/aha-history/racist-histories-and-the-aha/">Racist Histories and the AHA initiative</a>, the Association is researching and documenting its role in generating, disseminating, legitimating, and promoting histories that have helped contribute to the evolution and institutionalization of racism in the United States.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-d7pkxmjqyz3t ghost-button" data-node="d7pkxmjqyz3t"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/about/aha-history/racist-histories-and-the-aha/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Read More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width 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class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h4 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">AHA Congressional Charter</span> </h4> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-c9l3y054ewkj" data-node="c9l3y054ewkj"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>In 1889, the Association was incorporated in the District of Columbia by an act of Congress “for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts and for kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history in America.”</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-wq4ispkdhj79" data-node="wq4ispkdhj79"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/about/aha-congressional-charter/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Learn More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> 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class="fl-heading-text">AHA Presidential Addresses</span> </h4> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-ts420wuv79jg" data-node="ts420wuv79jg"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>Like the rest of the world it studies, the historical discipline has changed over time. One way of tracking these changes is in the annual addresses of the presidents of the American Historical Association. These addresses, usually broad examinations of the state of the discipline, provide a snapshot of the particular thinking and concerns of historians at specific moments in time.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-39ihtf7rg564 ghost-button" data-node="39ihtf7rg564"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/teaching-learning/aha-historical-collections/aha-presidential-addresses/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Learn More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-7lve9wh8rz4n" data-node="7lve9wh8rz4n"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-pgw7fx3unac5 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols content-heading-content" data-node="pgw7fx3unac5"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-7nzdbrsyogat" data-node="7nzdbrsyogat"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-f7alunxrht4e fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-custom-width" data-node="f7alunxrht4e"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-q67vtk58a9dh fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="q67vtk58a9dh"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-810ngr6ws42k" data-node="810ngr6ws42k"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h3 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">Historical AHA Committee Reports</span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-mawzcshfdotn fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="mawzcshfdotn"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-65bekq0h71rm" data-node="65bekq0h71rm"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/internationalizing-student-learning-outcomes-in-history/">Internationalizing Student Learning Outcomes in History (2005)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/retrieving-the-masters-degree-from-the-dustbin-of-history/">Retrieving the Master's Degree from the Dustbin of History (2005)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-status-of-women-in-the-historical-profession/">The Status of Women in the Historical Profession (2005)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/background-public-history-public-historians/">Public History, Public Historians, and the American Historical Association (2004)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/report-on-the-status-and-hiring-of-women-and-minority-historians-in-academia/">Report on the Status and Hiring of Women and Minority Historians in Academia (2004)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/the-education-of-historians-for-the-twenty-first-century-revisited-march-2010/">The Education of Historians for the Twenty-first Century (2003)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/who-is-teaching-in-us-college-classrooms/">Who Is Teaching in US College Classrooms? (1999)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/redefining-historical-scholarship/">Redefining Historical Scholarship (1993)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/committee-on-women-historians-1980-summary-report/">Committee on Women Historians’ 1980 Summary Report (1980)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/report-of-the-american-historical-association-committee-on-the-rights-of-historians/">Report of the AHA Committee on the Rights of Historians (1974)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-aha-review-board-final-report/">The AHA Review Board: Final Report (1973)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-aha-review-board-a-preliminary-report/">The AHA Review Board: A Preliminary Report (1972)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/report-of-the-aha-committee-on-the-status-of-women/">Report of the AHA Committee on the Status of Women (1970) </a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-education-of-historians-in-the-united-states/">The Education of Historians in the United States (1962)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/american-history-in-schools-and-colleges/">American History in Schools and Colleges (1944)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/final-report-of-the-committee-of-ten-on-reorganization-and-policy/">Final Report of the Committee of Ten on Reorganization and Policy (1939)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/historical-scholarship-in-america-needs-and-opportunities-1932/">Historical Scholarship in America: Needs and Opportunities (1932)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-writing-of-history/">The Writing of History (1926)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.historians.org/resource/the-study-of-history-in-schools/">The Study of History in Schools (1898)</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-t5k1a3oybjhc fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="t5k1a3oybjhc"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-6u457ndwexbz fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-center" data-node="6u457ndwexbz"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-mk2ct1e70anp fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols river-featured river-content-image invert" data-node="mk2ct1e70anp"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-1moxw5tqvlzb fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-center fl-col-group-custom-width fl-col-group-responsive-reversed" data-node="1moxw5tqvlzb"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-qwcopx13eal0 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width river-content-col" data-node="qwcopx13eal0"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-io0quflh617y" data-node="io0quflh617y"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h4 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">AHA Archives</span> </h4> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-zajdfq0bkg7l" data-node="zajdfq0bkg7l"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>From its inception, the Association has been committed to the collection, preservation, and dissemination of historical documents. In keeping with that tradition, the AHA staff digitizes and posts essays, reports, and other materials from the Association’s past.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-n48jida9w0hf" data-node="n48jida9w0hf"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/teaching-learning/aha-historical-collections/aha-archives/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Learn More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-dj7garqipvun fl-col-bg-photo fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width fl-col-small-custom-width river-image-col" data-node="dj7garqipvun"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-ytgon9xl5b3a fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center" data-node="ytgon9xl5b3a"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-7p2wniumx9tj" data-node="7p2wniumx9tj"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-oxy0n5rvmbqp fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols section-intro" data-node="oxy0n5rvmbqp"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-8amkow9jicfh fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-bottom fl-col-group-custom-width" data-node="8amkow9jicfh"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-dars0jmtwhne fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width content-col" data-node="dars0jmtwhne"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-25azqy7gxmdk" data-node="25azqy7gxmdk"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h3 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">AHA Activities & News</span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-rdcwlnxhfy5k" data-node="rdcwlnxhfy5k"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-qc0vy51sk274 fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols grid-cards grid-cards-images two-cards" data-node="qc0vy51sk274"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-jvu7mo4cfq8k fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-top" data-node="jvu7mo4cfq8k"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-mbft5e186zik fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width card" data-node="mbft5e186zik"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-40mjhptlqivc" data-node="40mjhptlqivc"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-44764 size-full" src="https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC_1558.jpg" alt="Council Meeting - Hilton" itemprop="image" height="800" width="1200" title="American Historical Association 2024 Annual Meeting - San Francisco - Thursday - January 4, 2024" srcset="https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC_1558.jpg 1200w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC_1558-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC_1558-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-kgv8jd01t7lw" data-node="kgv8jd01t7lw"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h5 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">Annual Reports</span> </h5> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-fnzlwdqagtb4" data-node="fnzlwdqagtb4"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>Beginning in 1889, each year the American Historical Association produces an annual report that now includes reports from the editor of the <em>American Historical Review</em>, officers in the different divisions, and members of the different committees. Also included are the decisions of Council, minutes and resolutions from the business meeting, the association’s financial report, and more.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-qyi4fjnhodgb simple-button" data-node="qyi4fjnhodgb"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.historians.org/teaching-learning/aha-historical-collections/aha-annual-reports/" target="_self" class="fl-button"> <span class="fl-button-text">Learn More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-zo0642qdmwvk fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width card" data-node="zo0642qdmwvk"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-photo fl-node-o9yh54kfjzac" data-node="o9yh54kfjzac"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-photo fl-photo-align-center" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <div class="fl-photo-content fl-photo-img-jpg"> <img decoding="async" class="fl-photo-img wp-image-54555 size-full" src="https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-scaled.jpg" alt="IMG_1126" itemprop="image" height="1600" width="2400" title="IMG_1126" srcset="https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-scaled.jpg 2400w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.historians.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_1126-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-dmpsfe6tv1q9" data-node="dmpsfe6tv1q9"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h5 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">Year in Review</span> </h5> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-x6peh4di2mgc" data-node="x6peh4di2mgc"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>The AHA Year in Review provides an overview of the AHA's activities over the course of the year, highlighting efforts in key areas of the AHA's mission, such as leadership, advocacy, and building community. 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Townsend, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11112/9780226923932" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>History’s Babel: Scholarship, Professionalization, and the Historical Enterprise in the United States</em>, 1880–1940</a> (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2013).</p> <p>James M. Banner, Jr., <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11112/9781107021594" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Being a Historian: An Introduction to the Professional World of History</em></a> (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012).</p> <p>Peter Novick, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11112/9780226923932" target="_blank" rel="noopener">That Noble Dream: The “Objectivity Question” and the American Historical Profession</a></em> (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1988).</p> <p>Arthur S. Link, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/90.1.1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The American Historical Association, 1884-1984: Retrospect and Prospect</a>,” <em>American Historical Review</em> 90, no. 1 (February 1985): 1–17.</p> <p>Thomas L. Haskell, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11112/9780801865732" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Emergence of Professional Social Science: The American Social Science Association and the Nineteenth-Century Crisis of Authority</em></a> (Univ. of Illinois Press, 1977).</p> <p>John Higham, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/11112/9780801839528" target="_blank" rel="noopener">History: Professional Scholarship in America</a></em> (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1965).</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-9x30nry5utq2" data-node="9x30nry5utq2"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-pv9280d6tniy" data-node="pv9280d6tniy"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-6xvfwk24inrc fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols content-heading-content" data-node="6xvfwk24inrc"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-separator fl-node-tgia4ylzdq5v" data-node="tgia4ylzdq5v"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-gconksliaj3z fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-custom-width" data-node="gconksliaj3z"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-lc32qzne16vu fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="lc32qzne16vu"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-pa5l2nh76wue" data-node="pa5l2nh76wue"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h4 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">On the Racist Histories and the AHA Initiative</span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-m2jqln68x9gu fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width" data-node="m2jqln68x9gu"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-29ec1g6734qo" data-node="29ec1g6734qo"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>Sarah Weicksel and James Grossman, "<a href="https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/racist-histories-and-the-aha-february-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Racist Histories and the AHA,</a>” <em>Perspectives on History</em> 59, no. 2 (February 2021).</p> <p>Laura Ansley, “<a href="https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/townhouse-notes-long-overdue-january-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Townhouse Notes: Long Overdue</a>,” <em>Perspectives on History</em> 61, no. 1 (January 2023).</p> <p>Sarah Weicksel and Mark Philip Bradley, “<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhac458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Note on the AHA’s Racist Histories Initiative and Book Reviewing</a>,” <em>American Historical Review</em> 127, no. 4 (December 2022): 1907.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article>  </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-builder-content fl-builder-content-116 fl-builder-global-templates-locked" data-post-id="116" data-type="part"><div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-photo fl-node-6168a570baf16 fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center footer-cta" data-node="6168a570baf16"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width 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