Ten distinguished scholars revisit our understanding of the Founding of the United States and evaluate the claims of The 1619 Project. That much-publicized effort of the New York Times and the Pulitzer Center asserts that the origins of the United States are found in the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in1619, rather than in the Declaration of Independence of 1776. Niall Ferguson, the late Gordon Wood, William Allen, and others challenge this claim with trenchant commentary and historical facts. The result is an astute and detailed portrait of one of the most remarkable events in the course of human history
About the Author:
Michael B. Poliakoff, PhD, is President & Chief Executive Officer of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA). He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and research at the University of Colorado and in senior roles at the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council on Teacher Quality, the American Academy for Liberal Education, and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
He has taught at Georgetown University, George Washington University, Hillsdale College, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Wellesley College. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University and went on to study at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and the University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in classical studies. He is the author of numerous books and journal articles in classical studies and education policy.
