THIS IS REVOLUTION＞podcast Ep. 118: From 1619 to 1776 Reckoning With the Culture War w/ Professor John Gram

2021-03-21

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Is the 1619 Project, centring the birth of the United States around Slavery ahistorical? Was the 1776 project not just a response to the 1619 project but more backlash from the "Great Awokening"? An excerpt from John Gram's essay on these projects: In the last few years, the project has certainly sparked its fair share of controversy, especially because of efforts to implement it in K-12 classrooms. One manifestation of the opposition to the claims and methods of The 1619 Project is the first (and only) report of the now defunct...

Is the 1619 Project, centring the birth of the United States around Slavery ahistorical? Was the 1776 project not just a response to the 1619 project but more backlash from the "Great Awokening"?

An excerpt from John Gram's essay on these projects:

In the last few years, the project has certainly sparked its fair share of controversy, especially because of efforts to implement it in K-12 classrooms. One manifestation of the opposition to the claims and methods of The 1619 Project is the first (and only) report of the now defunct 1776 Commission authorized by former president Donald Trump. The 1776 Commission's Report directly targets not only the claims 1619 Project, but also a broad range of perceived social ills that the report's authors believe are threatening the health of the nation. In doings, it challenges The 1619 Project's claims about the origins of the United States. The Commission explains its purpose thus: "The Commission's first responsibility is to produce a report summarizing the principles of the American founding and how those principles have shaped our country. That can only be done by truthfully recounting the aspirations and actions of the men and women who sought to build America as a shining "city on a hill" -- an exemplary nation, one that protects the safety and promotes the happiness of its peoples, as an example to be admired and emulated by nations of the world that wish to steer their government towards greater liberty and justice."

You can read the entire entry and more here: https://johnrgram.blogspot.com/2021/0...

About Professor Gram: Dr. Gram’s research and teaching interests focus on the political, social, and cultural consequences of US expansion during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His current research agenda examines the process of indigenous identity formation under the pressures of settler colonialism, as well as the processes by which the United States incorporated frontier and borderland regions.

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