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Civil rights veteran Bob Woodson condemned the Roosevelt Institute, an organization dedicated to furthering former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vision, for celebrating 1619 Project founder Nikole Hannah-Jones for free speech. The institute honored Hannah-Jones for “freedom of speech and expression” and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., for “freedom of worship” in an awards ceremony Wednesday night.
“It’s kind of like an arsonist being honored at the firefighter’s convention,” Woodson, founder and president of The Woodson Center, told Fox News.
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Woodson noted that when vandals last year spray-painted “1619” on a toppled statue of George Washington, Claremont McKenna College professor Charles Kesler wrote of the destructive riots in the summer of 2020, “Call them the 1619 riots.” Hannah-Jones responded with a tweet saying she would be “honored” by the moniker. She later deleted the tweet.
“That seems like a strange thing for someone who’s being honored for free speech to have this happen,” Woodson noted. He also cited many examples of 1619 Project supporters who shut down free speech. He noted that a Loudoun County, Virginia, advisory board recommended that teachers who oppose equity training be fired.
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“People who advocate critical race theory and 1619 have been at the forefront of cancel culture,” Woodson told Fox News. “It’s ironic that Nicole Hannah-Jones would be honored for freedom of speech.”
Historians have faulted the 1619 Project for twisting history, in particular for claiming that the American Revolution aimed to protect slavery, a claim The New York Times later retracted. The Times later stealth-edited the website to remove the claim that 1619 represented the “true founding” of America. Citing numerous such errors, scholars have demanded that the Pulitzer Prize board retract the award it gave to Hannah-Jones.
Yet Woodson warned…
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