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'''The 1619 Project''' is a [[long-form journalism|long-form journalistic]] [[Historical revisionism|revisionist historiographical work]] that takes a critical view of traditionally revered figures and events in [[History of the United States|American history]], including [[Patriot (American Revolution)|the Patriots]] in the [[American Revolution]], the [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Fathers]], along with [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Union (American Civil War)|the Union]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="atlantic-wilentz" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name="atlantic-friedersdorf2" /><ref name="Wilentz-NYRB" /> It was developed by [[Nikole Hannah-Jones]], writers from ''[[The New York Times]]'', and ''[[The New York Times Magazine]].'' It focused on subjects of [[slavery]] and the founding of the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 14, 2019|title=The 1619 Project|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html|access-date=September 7, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817015721/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The first publication from the project was in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' of August 2019.<ref name="why">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/20/magazine/1619-intro.html |title=Why We Published The 1619 Project |last=Silverstein |first=Jake |author-link=Jake Silverstein |date=December 20, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 31, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131014950/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/20/magazine/1619-intro.html |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The project developed an educational curriculum, supported by the [[Pulitzer Center]], later accompanied by a broadsheet article, live events, and a podcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/new-york-times-1619-project/|publisher=[[WNYC]]|title=In '1619' Project, the Times Puts Slavery Front and Center of the American Experience|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817005943/https://www.wnyc.org/story/new-york-times-1619-project/|archive-date=August 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
The project has become a leading subject of the
In March 2020, in light of persistent criticism of the project's portrayal of the role of slavery, including from one of its own consulting historians, [[Leslie M. Harris]], ''The New York Times'' issued a "clarification", modifying one of the passages on slavery's role that had sparked controversy.<ref name="The New York Times 2020">{{cite web | title=An Update to The 1619 Project | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 11, 2020 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/magazine/an-update-to-the-1619-project.html | access-date=December 30, 2020 | archive-date=March 12, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312105044/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/magazine/an-update-to-the-1619-project.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Butcher 2020">{{cite web | last=Butcher | first=Jonathan | title=The New York Times Begins Correcting the Historical Record on "1619 Project" | website=The Heritage Foundation | date=March 16, 2020 | url=https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/the-new-york-times-begins-correcting-the-historical-record-1619 | access-date=December 30, 2020 | archive-date=December 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221102544/https://www.heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/the-new-york-times-begins-correcting-the-historical-record-1619 | url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2020, controversy again arose when the ''Times'' updated the opening text of the project website to remove the phrase "...understanding 1619 as our true founding..." without any accompanying editorial note to point to what was being redone.{{efn| Silverstein said that the phrase had actually been removed in December 2019.<ref name="Silverstein-On-Criticism" />}} Critics — including the ''Times''{{'}} own [[Bret Stephens]] — claimed the differences showed that the newspaper was backing away from some of the initiative's controversial claims.<ref name="VanityFair">{{cite web |last=Pompeo |first=Joe |date=October 14, 2020 |title="This Isn't Jayson Blair": With 1619 and Caliphate Controversies, the New York Times Turns on Itself |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/the-new-york-times-turns-on-itself |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025162855/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/the-new-york-times-turns-on-itself |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |access-date=October 17, 2020 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref> The ''Times'' defended its practices, with Hannah-Jones saying that most of the project's content had remained unchanged.<ref name="WaPo-1619-2020" /><ref name="CNN-12Oct20202">{{Cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |authorlink1=Brian Stelter |last2=Darcy |first2=Oliver |authorlink2=Oliver Darcy |date=October 12, 2020 |title=1619 Project faces renewed criticism — this time from within The New York Times |website=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/media/new-york-times-1619-project-criticism/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014054521/https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/12/media/new-york-times-1619-project-criticism/index.html |archive-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Silverstein-On-Criticism" />
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