Replies(3) This memorial of slavery recalls Juneteenth, when Texas declared all slaves freed in 1865. (Getty Images) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The outgoing Trump administration on Martin Luther King Jr. Day released a report by President Trump's 1776 Commission that emphasizes American history education that aims at instilling patriotic pride. The project was headed by the conservative Hillsdale College and aimed to counter recent educational history that focuses on darker aspects of American history, such as the enslavement of kidnapped Africans to support economic growth. Namely, the New York Times' 1619 Project was criticized by conservatives for its "factual errors" and its "inaccurate" theories on capitalism, said the Heritage Foundation.