D. James Kennedy Ministries: 1619 vs. 1776
Why Do You Believe That – Episode #14
Dr. Jerry Newcombe joined Dr. Frank Wright for this week’s Why Do You Believe That? on Facebook Live.
In this Episode we’re looking at the rewriting of America’s history by the NY Times 1619 Project. This curriculum is now being peddled to school districts in every state of our nation.
Why the year 1619? Because that’s the year slavery was introduced into Jamestown, and thus America. The idea is that without slaves, there would never have been an America. This curriculum is based on a dubious foundation that implies slavery is in our national DNA, and therefore we cannot change.
Thankfully, there is a group of scholars who are challenging the 1619 Project with 1776. This is the year American colonists accepted the notion that we have God-given rights. And those rights ultimately led to the abolition of slavery in America.
