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A Pulitzer for a Howard Zinn History

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A Pulitzer for a Howard Zinn History
New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks during the 13th International Congress of Investigative Journalism in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 29, 2018. Alice Vergueiro/Abraji via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Grabar
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When The New York Times’ “The 1619 Project” came out the same week as my book debunking Howard Zinn’s ”A People’s History of the United States,” I noticed that lead writer Nikole Hannah-Jones’s introductory essay, for which she has now won a Pulitzer (in spite of rebuttals from multiple historians), had a familiar ring.
Mary Grabar
Mary Grabar
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Mary Grabar holds a doctorate in English from the University of Georgia and taught in a number of colleges in Georgia, most recently Emory University. In 2014, she became a resident fellow at The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization and wrote two books, “Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America” (2019) and “Debunking The 1619 Project: Exposing the Plan to Divide America” (2021). More information and articles can be found at MaryGrabar.com and DissidentProf.com.
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