The 1619 Project Myth

“There is no one better to pick apart the disastrous 1619 Project than Phil Magness. If every classroom that incorporated the 1619 Project into its curriculum replaced it with this book, the country would be better off.” – COLEMAN HUGHES, host of Conversations with Coleman
“Magness applies an empirical hammer to the bizarre lies and neo-myths that were catapulted into mainstream respectability during the rise of the left-of-Castro 1619 view of history. A book worth picking up, for readers ranging from conservatives to fans of the project itself—who have so far only read Hannah-Jones’s side of the story.” – WILFRED REILLY, associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University
“We live in a time where narratives have run amok. They thrive on the sidelining of facts, especially historical ones. That is what makes Phillip Magness’s latest dissection of Nikole Hannah-Jones’s culture war creation, the 1619 Project, essential reading. With a cool, detailed, and factual approach, Magness dismantles Jones’s narrative from multiple angles and, in doing so, restores history to its rightful place.” – ELI STEELE, award-winning filmmaker; director of the documentary What Killed Michael Brown?
“Devastating and thorough… Magness is one of the great debunkers of our age. The 1619 Project Myth is a magnificent refutation of the charges that the American founding was oppressive and that capitalism was responsible for racism.” – JONATHAN BEAN, author of Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader
“In concise and incisive prose, The 1619 Project Myth provides a treasure trove of rich analysis backed by meticulous historical research. Magness pulls apart well-advertised claims that support for slavery motivated the American Revolution and shows instead how defenders of capitalism formed the basis of the anti-slavery movement. All the while, Magness is fair and evenhanded in his approach and does not hesitate to acknowledge any positive contributions of the 1619 Project. This book should be a must-read for both defenders of the 1619 Project and its critics.” – DAVID BEITO, author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights

Phillip W. Magness is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and the David J. Theroux Chair in Political Economy. He has served as Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and as Academic Program Director at the Institute for Humane Studies and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public Policy and Government at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. from George Mason University’s School of Public Policy.

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