Battleground for Freedom:

James Loewen, Ph.D.

James Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me, has sold more than 800,000 copies and continues to inspire K-16 teachers to get students to challenge rather than memorize textbooks. His Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong came out in 1999. His works include Mississippi: Conflict and Change (co authored), which won the Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction. This was rejected for public school text use by the State of Mississippi, leading to the path breaking First Amendment lawsuit, Loewen et al. v. Turnipseed, et al. He wrote The Truth About Columbus. His awards are numerous, including the American Book Award for Lies My Teacher Told Me. He is also Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians.