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Author: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Genre: Long-form journalism
Publication date: August 2019
Publisher: The New York Times
Followed by: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Language: English

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The 1619 Project → long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history, racially divisive and revisionist account of history that threatens the integrity of the Union by denying the true principles on which it was founded

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The 1619 Project	Author	Nikole Hannah-Jones	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Followed by	The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Genre	Long-form journalism	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Language	English	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Publication date	August 2019	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Publication place	United States	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	Publisher	The New York Times	1.00	infobox
The 1619 Project	is a	long-form journalistic revisionist historiographical work that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in American history	0.90	text
The 1619 Project	is a	racially divisive and revisionist account of history that threatens the integrity of the Union by denying the true principles on which it was founded	0.90	text
Zora Neale Hurston	instance of	Magness contrasted the present work of Hannah-Jones with past work at historical understanding of slavery by prominent African-Americans	0.80	text
The 1619 Project	related to Accompanying material and activities	The	0.60	section
The 1619 Project	related to Accompanying material and activities	Sunday	0.60	section

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