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James W. Loewen

Born February 6, 1942Died August 19, 2021

James William Loewen was an American sociologist, historian, and author. He was best known for his 1995 book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. A 2005 book, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, galvanized a national effort to develop a list of sundown towns.

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Books10

Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History

Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History

2010

The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" About the "Lost Cause"

The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The "Great Truth" About the "Lost Cause"

2010

Teaching What Really Happened

Teaching What Really Happened

2009

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

2005

Rethinking Our Past: Recognizing Facts, Fictions, And Lies In American History

Rethinking Our Past: Recognizing Facts, Fictions, And Lies In American History

2004

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

1999

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

1995

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers Edition

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers Edition

1995

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong

Lies My Teacher Told Me About Christopher Columbus: What Your History Books Got Wrong

1992

Mississippi: Conflict & Change

Mississippi: Conflict & Change

1974

Graphic novels1

Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

2024