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By ARTHUR HERMAN
November 15, 2021 2:56 PM
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Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks on stage during the 137th Commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 2021. (Marcus Ingram/Getty Images)
The New York Times columnist is very wrong, yet again.
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We’ve now been greeted with yet another rendition of fake history. This time, it is purveyed by two of the most prominent and persistent fakers: Nikole Hannah-Jones of the 1619 Project and Howard Zinn, author of the most popular (and misleading) history textbook, A People’s History of the United States.
The misrepresentations, distortions, and outright falsifications of history contained in the 1619 Project have been carefully exposed elsewhere. Nonetheless, Ms. Hannah-Jones recently decided to extend her streak from the history of slavery to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
