"Featuring 1776 Unites essays by John Sibley Butler, Jason D. Hill, Coleman Cruz Hughes, John McWhorter, Clarence Page, Wilfred Reilly, Shelby Steele, Carol M. Swain"--Page 1 of dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212).

Foreword by Dr. Lucas E. Morel -- Introduction: The crucial voice of "1776" / by Robert L. Woodson Sr. -- "A positive vision: The agenda of '1776'" / by Wilfred Reilly -- "The moral meaning of America: two parallel narratives" / by Jason D. Hill -- "Acknowledging slavery's limits in defining America" / by John Wood Jr. -- "We cannot allow '1619' to dumb down America in the name of a crusade" / by John McWhorter -- "Slavery does not define the Black American experience" / by Wilfred Reilly -- "Black is the new idol" / by Yaya J. Fanusie -- "The history of 1776 offers hope for all Americans" / by Rev. Corey Brooks -- "Responses to adversity" / by Robert Cherry -- "The cult of victimhood" / by Harold A. Black -- "Living by the grace of God and the power of applying oneself" / by Dean Nelson -- "True freedom comes form serving community and God" / by Rev. DeForest Blake Soaries Jr -- "How Harlem's 'Hellfighters' gained their name--and helped win the Great War" / by Strephen L. Harris -- "A dream as old as the American dream: why black patriotism is more important than victimization" / by Clarence Page -- "Children achieve the expectations we teach: charting a path to a more perfect union begins with our guidance" / by Ian Rowe -- "From rural poverty to Ivy League professor: Carol M. Swain's life lessons" / by Carol M. Swain -- "Closing the black-white educational gap in the South in the early twentieth century" / by Stephanie Deutsch -- "An algorithm of success: understanding Black America" / by John Sibley Butler -- "Let's arm black children with lessons that can improve their lives" / by Coleman Cruz Hughes -- "We live in an impure world" / by Joshua Mitchell -- An excerpt from Shame by Shelby Steele -- "We must scrap the '1619 project' for an accurate account of American history" / by Charles Love -- "Critical race theory's destructive impact on America" / by Carol M. Swain -- "Straight out of the black bourgeoisie: lessons for the twenty-first century" / by John Sibley Butler -- "First black Olympic champion, Alice Coachman: the little girl form the red hills of Georgia" / by Stephen L. Harris -- "Keeping the promise of 1776" / by Bob Woodson and Ian Rowe -- Biographies of contributing authors -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgments.