In this article, Kevin Hancock writes about how the COVID pandemic showed how American citizens unified, persevered, and took control of their safety measures. Instead of chaos, America unified and was able to work together to save lives and slow the spread. Kevin also touches on how the coronavirus was not the only sickness Americans battled in the spring of 2020. He notes that an old foe, racism, was also magnified. To truly repair, rebuild, and move from racist systems, people must become leaders.