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July 29, 2021 - Dennis Prager Show
01:48
Setting The Record Straight: An Antidote to the 1619 Project
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It started out as civil rights, but then we just sort of morphed into the wide range of history that is not, I can tell you, in public school history books, because I'm still substitute teaching, and I go into those rooms, and I look into history books, and I know it's devoid of these incredible stories.
So that was what inspired me.
And Frances, she had similar inspirations, and I'll let her share those.
Frances?
Yes, I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, and I experienced what was going on in those communities.
And I just thought that when I saw what was happening lately with the critical race there, they were missing.
Interpreting and misreporting what happened, and I knew the truth, and I asked Sandy if she could write the lesson plans, and she spent two years of original research and wrote 14 lesson plans, and they used those lesson plans as the meat of the book that we wrote together, and we found at the Yoakam African American History Association, and you can visit our website and see the lesson plans, and you can see.
So is it fair to say that this is, whether intended or not, an antidote to the 1619 project?
We started our project back in 2016 when she began the research, and we knew nothing about it.
No, no, I agree with you.
This had nothing to do with it then, but could it be described as that today?
I believe it could.
Okay, good.
All right.
We'll be back in a moment with both of you.
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