Why are states banning it in schools?

The 1619 Project, a six-part documentary series based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning essay and podcast series developed by Nicole Hannah Jones, is now streaming on Hulu.

The Project is a series of essays, poems, and multimedia by Hannah Jones and other New York Times writers and historians first published in The New York Times Magazine in 2019, She examined the impact of slavery on American life, economy, and culture to the present day.

Controversies about the relevance, appropriateness, and accuracy of the project started immediately, and it became a lightning rod in the battle of how to teach race in schools. Political leaders publicly praised or denounced them. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich called it a “lie”. Former President Donald Trump condemned “Project 1619” as “toxic propaganda” and an “ideological poison” that “will destroy our country,” and called for an alternative lesson plan in response. Biden administration cited project In a grant application to support “anti-racist” education. GOP leaders in multiple states have introduced bills to cut funding for K-12 schools and colleges that provided lessons drawn from the project.