Thread by @melodyxvii, Since the 1619 project is trending again, I encourage others to research [...]

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Since the 1619 project is trending again, I encourage others to research for themselves and look into the history. The NYT has abandoned their claims after historians and the WSWS proved its historical bankruptcy and untruths (from the left).
Thread of articles here:

Introduction https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/1619-s06.html

The New York Times’s 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of American and world history

The 1619 Project, launched by the New York Times, presents racism and racial conflict as the essential feature and driving force of American history.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/06/1619-s06.html

NYT tries to defend https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/23/1619-o23.html

It is all just a metaphor: The New York Times attempts yet another desperate defense of its...

In spite of Times editor Jake Silverstein’s deletion of the “true founding” claim and his other word changes, the Times’ essential position remains the same: The American Revolution was a retrograde...

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/10/23/1619-o23.html

Nikole Hannah-Jones and the NYT are forced to abandon their central claims, due to glaring historical falsifications https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/22/1619-s22.html

The New York Times and Nikole Hannah-Jones abandon key claims of the 1619 Project

The Times has abandoned, without any public announcement or explanation, the central thesis that 1619, not 1776, was the “true founding” of the United States.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/09/22/1619-s22.html

Historian Adolf Reed Jr. ‘s criticism https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/20/reed-d20.html
(Many other interviews here https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/event/1619 )

An interview with political scientist Adolph Reed, Jr. on the New York Times’ 1619 Project

The World Socialist Web Site recently spoke with Professor Reed at his University of Pennsylvania office.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/20/reed-d20.html

Brilliant historical context from Tom Mackaman’s lecture at the University of Michigan https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/01/amer-n01.html

Slavery and the American Revolution: A Response to the New York Times 1619 Project

This is the text of the lecture delivered by Tom Mackaman at the University of Michigan on October 22, 2019 as part of a series on the New York Times' "Project 1619."

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/01/amer-n01.html

Scores of other reading, analysis, and historical information can be found on the WSWS. On the 1619 Project topic : https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/event/1619

The New York Times’ 1619 Project

https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/event/1619

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