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  2. Sep 16

    For no particular reason... .... posting the table of contents for the book. A lot of unintimidated historians here.

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  3. Sep 16

    FINALLY done signing for all these first edition books. I thought I’d never get here but I had to do it bc so many of you pre-ordered from independent bookstores. Thank you, everyone, for supporting . Also, Art by &

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  4. Sep 14

    A UofSC grad student asked a good question: why are senior History professors putting so much effort into crushing the when they could instead be fighting for contingent faculty?

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  5. Sep 17

    I was lucky enough to spend some time with an early copy of the awhile back. Yes, it’s as powerful, gorgeous, dynamic and transformative as you think. Yes, that is Mac and cheese in the background. All the cheers to + team. The medicine we need.

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  6. Sep 16

    This is just downright disingenuous on the part of Princeton historian Sean Wilentz. Academic historians have staked out a wide range of positions re: the since its publication. I've learned from them all. What is he talking about?

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  7. Sep 16

    “In New York, Wall Street was named  ‘Wall Street‘ because that was a wall on which enslaved people were bought and sold.” Via

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  8. Sep 17

    The new anti-history bills in Texas bans the teaching of the in TX public schools. Here's what's approved for Texas 5th graders. Students are taught that the first Africans were indentured servants who agreed to work. THIS should be banned.

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  9. Sep 17

    "Holton and his supporters are not engaging in a genuine academic debate. This is “history” contrived by an individual who has broken with the most basic scholarly standards of his field." - Tom Mackaman on the inspired attack on the Am. Rev.

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  10. Sep 17

    We squaded up for this one. Swing if you want to. We swing back. Shit, some of us swing first if smells funny. It smells funny.

    For no particular reason... .... posting the table of contents for the book. A lot of unintimidated historians here.
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  11. Sep 16

    "There is no one who has an exclusive domain on original sin. We are all born with sin, and it’s not limited to any one race." An in-depth interview with Dr. , author of "Debunking the 1619 Project" - Listen here: .

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  12. Sep 16

    Excited to send out signed, first edition copies of the to our inaugural Summer 2021 Social Justice Academy class once we receive them!

    FINALLY done signing for all these first edition books. I thought I’d never get here but I had to do it bc so many of you pre-ordered from independent bookstores. Thank you, everyone, for supporting . Also, Art by &
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  13. 6 hours ago

    'What's Wrong with the '1619 Project'? [ ] The 1619 Project attempts to eradicate the historical narrative of America. What we were is what made us who we are today--Americans!

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  14. Sep 13

    Received my order confirmation for a signed copy of the

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  15. Sep 15

    Re. the essay, I can state first hand that I wrote the twice seeking narrow, specific factual corrections to errors in the in fall 2019. The paper completely ignored the first, and handwaved the second away by stating they would make no change.

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  16. 14 hours ago

    The challenge of public history storytelling that actually tries to engage, well, the public. It’s always a battle over what to stress, to diminish, to leave in, to take out. But always driven to get the central truths across. One of the many achievements of the .

    Replying to @earlymodjustice @samhaselby @Boston1775
    I get that everyone wants this work of Journalism to cover every and all things (in a way not expected of other works), but we are talking literally about a few paragraphs in a 6,000-word essay in a 40k-word project. The 1619 Project is not about the Revolution.
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  17. Sep 16

    !!!!! put me on when the NYT had extra copies of the for sale and bought one for every family member. A whole BOOK makes me salivate!

    For no particular reason... .... posting the table of contents for the book. A lot of unintimidated historians here.
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  18. 8 hours ago

    And this is why our schools and teachers need the .

    "How the facts of American history have in the last half century been falsified because the nation was ashamed ... " Black Reconstruction; W. E. B. Du Bois, 1935
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  19. Sep 15

    The Spartan Speaker Series is kicking off with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist , creator of the ! 📅 Wednesday, Sept. 15 ⌚ 1 p.m. 💻

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  20. Sep 16

    It just hit me that the book will be released two months from today. I’m so excited to see it in print!! It’s the first time my sister and I collaborated on something (well, something academic!) and I’m really proud of the chapter we produced 😁

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  21. Sep 16

    “…there’s something powerful about a child understanding the world they’ve inherited & asking them to dream of the world they want to live in.” An interview with about with , &

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