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  • SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
    10/28/2020

    The 1619 Project and Uses and Abuses of History

    by Stephen Mintz

    By focusing on narrow questions of fact and interpretive claims in the project in an effort to discredit it, critics of the 1619 Project have mostly failed to engage with big questions about how to do history. 

  • SOURCE: New York Times
    10/19/2020

    1619, Revisited

    by Nicholas Guyatt

    Argument isn’t an obstacle to the work of historians; it is the work of historians. Public interest in 1619 has suggested something truly profound: that Americans have the capacity to think differently about their history. 

  • SOURCE: New York Times
    10/16/2020

    On Recent Criticism of The 1619 Project

    by Jake Silverstein

    Critics of the 1619 Project have identified changes and edits to the text of Nikole Hannah-Jones's article, which they claim were made surreptitiously to conceal errors. Editor Jake Silverstein addresses those criticisms. 

  • SOURCE: New York Review of Books
    10/15/2020

    The Right's War on Universities

    by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

    "From the fascist years in Europe, nearly a century ago, to our own times, right-wing leaders have accused universities of being incubators of left-wing ideologies and sought to mold them in the image of their own propaganda, policy, and policing aims."

  • SOURCE: Washington Post
    10/13/2020

    How the 1619 Project took over 2020

    Interviewing project lead Nikole Hannah-Jones and numerous supporters and detractors, Sarah Ellison explores why the 1619 project, more than a year after its publication, is still making people argue about history.

  • SOURCE: NPR
    10/9/2020

    Critics Accuse Trump Of Using Race To Divide Americans

    Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is among the experts who argue that a belief in white supremacy connects the dots of Trump's recent declarations on subjects ranging from history to genetics to his own health. 

  • SOURCE: Education Week
    10/5/2020

    No, Critical Race Theory Isn't 'Anti-American'

    by David E. DeMatthews and Terri N. Watson

    Critical race theory, which presupposes that racism is embedded within society and institutions, is not propaganda or anti-American; it is a toolkit for examining and addressing racism and other forms of marginalization.

  • SOURCE: The Hill
    10/6/2020

    The Root of American Power

    by Megan Beyer

    "October is National Arts and Humanities Month. Observing what happens in America when we fail to protect them, invest in them, and recognize their value, is the best case that could ever be made for the Arts and Humanities."

  • 10/4/2020

    Combatting History “Indoctrination” in 1945 and 2020

    by Brian M. Puaca

    As the new 1776 Commission begins to consider how to wield history as a weapon against indoctrination, America’s educational work in Germany can serve as a guidepost for a commitment to preparing vigilant young men and women to build and defend democracy.

  • SOURCE: New York Daily News
    10/1/2020

    Trump is Afraid of Honest History

    by James Grossman

    Trump's proposal for a "1776 Commission" suggests that history teachers should be cheerleaders, reducing the nation’s complex past to a simplistic and inaccurate narrative of unique virtue and perpetual progress.

  • SOURCE: Organization of American Historians
    9/25/2020

    OAH Statement on White House Conference on American History

    "The history we teach must investigate the core conflict between a nation founded on radical notions of liberty, freedom, and equality, and a nation built on slavery, exploitation, and exclusion."