Beware of the New York Time's 1619 Project Coming to Texas Schools

The New York Times initiated a project last year, entitled the 1619 Project, to rewrite the history of the founding of America. This rewritten history is beginning to be incorporated into American schools.

Notice the theme of this project is that the American Revolution was fought to preserve slavery.

Here is an excerpt from an article describing the project and how the top U.S. historians are fighting back.

“On August 19 of last year I listened in stunned silence as Nikole Hannah-Jones, a reporter for the New York Times, repeated an idea that I had vigorously argued against,” reads the first sentence of Friday’s essay by Leslie Harris, a history professor at Northwestern University.

Harris is just the latest in a string of academics to levy criticism on Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project. She is the first, however, who actually took part in the project as a fact-checker. During the publication process for 1619, Harris “vigorously disputed” the idea that the American Revolution was actually about preserving slavery. Nonetheless, there it was in print come August 2019.

Be very vigilant to assure this "garbage" does not find its way into Texas schools.