In 2019, the New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project during the 400 anniversary of the first slave ship’s arrival to North America. In the seven years since, the project’s historical revisionism has only grown in controversy among academics and the general public alike. Phil Magness has been vocal speaking out against its poor historical assertions from the beginning. In The 1619 Project: A Critique, Magness collects a series of essays that offers a counterpoint to the Project’s ideologically driven narrative that the American system was founded upon oppression.
Young Voices invites you to join the second of three online forums as part of our America 250 summer author series with Phil Magness to ask questions regarding his book and engage in a conversation about the future of the classical liberal tradition. Join us Wednesday, June 3rd at 12:00pm ET!
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About the author:
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.
