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A Celebration of America
Rebutting the Claims of the 1619 Project
These resources highlight the inaccuracies of the 1619 project and similar past projects. These are reliable primary sources on the founding of America for parents, students, and the public.
The Constitution—the document that governs our government—protects our very way of life and ensures the freedoms we enjoy. ”
Kay C. James
President, The Heritage Foundation
Heritage Resources
- The Heritage Foundation's Primary Sources
- Heritage Guide to The Constitution
- Frederick Douglass’s America: Race, Justice, and the Promise of the Founding by Peter C. Myers
- What the Constitution Really Says About Race and Slavery by David Azerrad
- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Dream by Peter C. Myers
- Booker T. Washington and the Promise of Racial Reconciliation by Diana Schaub
- Constitution Day Is Not Just Another Tuesday—It’s a Teachable Moment, America by Kay Coles James
- What Our Founders Really Thought of Slavery—and Why The New York Times Is Wrong by John York
- The New York Times’ 1619 Project Reeks of Herbert Marcuse’s Divisive Ideology by Mike Gonzalez
- America Isn’t Just Where I Live. It’s My Home. by Angela Sailor
- 1776, Not 1619 by Arthur Milikh
- The 1619 Project’s Outrageous, Lying Slander of Abe Lincoln by Allen C. Guelzo
- The New York Times Begins Correcting the Historical Record on "1619 Project" by Jonathan Butcher
- The Real Goals of "The 1619 Project" by Arthur Milikh
- Pulitzer Overlooks Egregious Errors to Award Prize to New York Times’ Fatally Flawed "1619 Project" by Allen C. Guelzo
- "1619" Pulitzer Will Boost Socialist Teaching in Schools by Mike Gonzalez
- Why We Need to Reemphasize America’s Founding Principles in Civics Education by Katie Gorka
- Nikole Hannah-Jones, Editor of the "1619 Project," Stokes Fires of Racial Division by Jonathan Butcher
- Cancel Culture Will Use Your Past to Take You Out, Unless You’re One of Its Own by Mike Gonzalez
- Can’t Escape the "History" Label by Jonathan Butcher
- History Comes to Call: The 1619 Project Cannot Deny Its Own Past by Jonathan Butcher
- A Year Later, Objections to the History-Distorting “1619 Project” Grow Louder by Allen Guelzo
- 1619 and the Poisoned Well of Identity Politics by Mike Gonzalez
- A Review of the 1619 Project Curriculum by Lucas E. Morel
- Capitalism in the 1619 Project by Samuel Gregg
- Civic Education Rightly Understood
- Biden’s Disbanding of 1776 Commission Shows Left’s War on U.S. History by Mike Gonzalez
- 1776 Commission Can Have a Second Life Outside of Federal Government by Angela Sailor and Adam Kissel
- Slavery and the Constitution by Angela Sailor, Paul Larkin Jr., Timothy Sandefur, Allen Guelzo, Ph.D., Sean Wilentz and Lucas Morel
E BOOKS:
- The Heritage Guide to The Constitution
- A Citizen’s Introduction to the Declaration of Independence and Constitution
- How to Read the Federalist Papers
- Reading the Right Books
- Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in America
- Religious Liberty in the American Republic
- Why States? The Challenge of Federalism
UNDERSTANDING AMERICA SERIES:
Additional Information
THE DAILY SIGNAL:
- The New York Times Is Trying to Rewrite History to Fit Its Biases by Cal Thomas
- New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ Has Key Error About Our Founding by Walter Williams
- Here’s How Andrew Jackson Stood Up to Unaccountable ‘Elites’ by Jarrett Stepman
- These Historians Challenge New York Times’ Dubious 1619 Project by Jarrett Stepman
- How MLK Channeled the Spirit of 1776 by Jarrett Stepman
- Disputed New York Times ‘1619 Project’ Already Shaping Schoolkids’ Minds on Race by John Murawski
- These Black Scholars and Leaders Rebuke 1619 Project’s Narrative of Victimhood by Jarrett Stepman
- Awarding of Pulitzer Prize to the Deeply Flawed ‘1619 Project’ Highlights What’s Wrong With Many of Our Institutions by Jarrett Stepman
PODCAST:
EXTERNAL OP-EDS:
- 1619 and all that by Giselle Donnelly
- The Weaponization of History by B. Wilfred M. McClay
- ‘The 1619 Project’ Hurts Blacks by Robert L. Woodson
EXTERNAL RESOURCES:
- National Archives: Founders Online
- Yale Law School: Lillian Goldman Law Library’s Avalon Project
- Ashbrook Center: Teaching America History
PODCASTS:
The Truth About America’s Founding and Slavery
How the War on History Is Rewriting America’s Past
CONSERVATIVE REFERENCES
- The Federalist Papers
- Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
- Lincoln’s Peoria Speech 1854
- Witness by Whittaker Chambers
- The Two Treatises of Civil Government by John Locke
- A Letter concerning Toleration and Other Writings by John Locke
- Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
- On Tyranny by Leo Strauss
- Constitution of Liberty by F.A. Hayek
PROGRESSIVE REFERENCES
- Sexual Politics by Kate Millett
- The Rise of the Counterculture by Theodore Roszak
- The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy by J.L. Talmon
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
- Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
- The Liberal Tradition in America by Louis Hartz
- Progressive Democracy by Herbert Croly
