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The 1776 Project (also known simply as “1776,” the “1776 Initiative,” and “1776 Unites”) is a campaign started by civil rights organizer Bob Woodson to counteract the left-wing historical narrative expressed by the left-of-center 1619 Project. 2Woodson, Robert. “The Crucial Voice of 1776.” Washington Examiner, February 13, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-crucial-voice-of-1776.

  • Hemingway, Mark. “The New York Times Goes All In on Flawed 1619 Project.” RealClearPolitics, February 21, 2020. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/21/new_york_times_goes_all_in_on_flawed_1619_project_142458.html.
  • “Scholar Bios.” 1776 Unites. Accessed July 25, 2020. https://1776unites.com/scholars.
  • Stepman, Jarrett. “Black Scholars, Leaders Rebuke 1619 Project’s Victimhood Narrative.” The Daily Signal, February 19, 2020. https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/19/these-black-scholars-and-leaders-rebuke-1619-projects-narrative-of-victimhood/.
  • Louis, Pierre-antoine. “’No People Has a Greater Claim to That Flag Than Us’.” The New York Times, September 6, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/us/nikole-hannah-jones-interview.html.
  • Serwer, Adam. “The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts.” The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, January 21, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/12/historians-clash-1619-project/604093/.
  • Harris, Leslie M. “Opinion: I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me.” POLITICO, March 6, 2020. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248.
  • Stepman, Jarrett. “These Historians Challenge New York Times’ Dubious 1619 Project.” The Daily Signal, December 18, 2019. https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/18/these-historians-challenge-new-york-times-dubious-1619-project/.
  • Silverstein, Jake. “We Respond to the Historians Who Critiqued The 1619 Project.” The New York Times, December 20, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/20/magazine/we-respond-to-the-historians-who-critiqued-the-1619-project.html.
  • Hains, Tim. “Bob Woodson: 1776 Initiative Provides Positive Alternative To ‘Diabolical’ 1619 Project.” RealClearPolitics, March 11, 2020. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/11/bob_woodson_1776_project_provides_positive_alternative_to_diabolical_1619_project.html.
  • “1776.” Washington Examiner. Accessed July 25, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/1776.
  • Woodson, Robert, and Mark Levin. “Bob Woodson on Supporting High-Achieving Families in Low-Income Communities, Countering NY Times’ 1619 Project.” Fox News, March 9, 2020. https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/bob-woodson-on-supporting-high-achieving-families-in-low-income-communities-countering-ny-times-1619-project.
  • Cherry, Robert. “Don’t Ignore the Strong Moral and Economic Ethics of African Americans.” Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/dont-ignore-the-strong-moral-and-economic-ethics-of-african-americans.
  • Page, Clarence. “Embrace Black Patriotism over Victimization and ‘Learned Helplessness’.” Washington Examiner, February 13, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/clarence-page-a-dream-as-old-as-the-american-dream-embrace-black-patriotism-over-victimization-and-learned-helplessness.
  • Deutsch, Stephanie. “Rosenwald Schools: How Black Southerners Worked to Close the Education Gap in the Jim Crow Era.” Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/rosenwald-schools-how-black-southerners-worked-to-close-the-education-gap-in-the-jim-crow-era.
  • Reilly, Wilfred. “Slavery Does Not Define the Black American Experience.” Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/slavery-does-not-define-the-black-american-experience.
  • Wood, John. “Acknowledging Slavery’s Limits in Defining America.” Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/acknowledging-slaverys-limits-in-defining-america.
  • Swain, Carol M. “Critical Race Theory’s Toxic, Destructive Impact on America.” Washington Examiner, February 14, 2020. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/critical-race-theorys-toxic-destructive-impact-on-america.
  • Woods, Scott. “If You’re Going to Challenge the 1619 Project, Don’t Do It This Way.” Medium, February 27, 2020. https://level.medium.com/if-youre-going-to-challenge-the-1619-project-don-t-do-it-this-way-261a442d4a63.
  • “About Us.” The Woodson Center, March 13, 2017. https://woodsoncenter.org/about-us/.
  • “Robert Woodson’s Biography.” The HistoryMakers. Accessed July 25, 2020. https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/robert-woodson-39.
  • “Our Board of Directors.” The Woodson Center, July 10, 2020. https://woodsoncenter.org/about-us/our-board-of-directors/.
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