The 1619 Project Myth

“There is no one better to pick apart the disastrous 1619 Project than Phil Magness. If every classroom that incorporated the 1619 Project into its curriculum replaced it with this book, the country would be better off.” —Coleman Hughes

Slavery is part of America’s story—its greatest shame. But abolition is part of America’s story, too.

Ignoring the latter isn’t just bad scholarship.

It’s brazen deceit.

And more often than not, it’s done for political reasons.

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