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New York Times Magazine reporter and 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones falsely claimed this week that the Civil War – which began in April 1861 and resulted in an end to slavery in America – began in 1865, the year the war actually concluded.
Nikole Hannah-Jones poses for a portrait before taking the stage to discuss her new book, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, on Nov. 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.
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“We did not stop the expansion of slavery, and enslavers dominated the presidency, Senate and Supreme Court until 1865, when the North was reluctantly drawn into a war that ultimately ended slavery,” Hannah-Jones wrote in a series of comments shared to Twitter discussing the end of slavery in America.
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After being called out for the mistake, Hannah-Jones, who was named to TIME‘s list of the “100 most influential people” in 2021, claimed her message was “poorly worded” and placed doubt on whether anyone would believe she did not know “when the Civil War started.”
“It was poorly worded, I meant until 1865 ended the war, which the North had been reluctantly drawn into,” Hannah-Jones stated in a tweet. “I realized people want to catch me up. I doubt anyone believes I do not know when the Civil War started. But, it is what it is.”
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Last week, Hannah-Jones stated the American people will not “willfully” work to confront the “anti-Blackness” in society, said that they have been “taught the history of a country that does not exist,” and suggested there must be a “serious examination” after mainstream journalists “got caught up in the Republican propaganda campaign” to discredit the 1619 Project.
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones signs…
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