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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

Cover of 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

Cover of 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

Cover of Teaching What Really Happened

Teaching What Really Happened

2009

Cover of Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

2005

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

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

2004

Cover of Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

1999

Cover of 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

Cover of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers Edition

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers Edition

1995

Cover of 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

Cover of Mississippi: Conflict & Change

Mississippi: Conflict & Change

1974

Graphic novels1

Cover of Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

2024