Here's where the 1619 Project is gaining traction and facing challenges in the US

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PEN America reports that at least 122 proposals to ban critical race theory are being considered in 33 states.

The controversial 1619 Project has prompted a fierce debate over U.S. history and how schoolchildren should understand the influence of race on current institutions. Advocates on both sides have attempted to push legislation and curriculum that would move schools toward particular views of the nation's founding.

On Wednesday, the free expression nonprofit PEN America told Fox News Digital that it had counted 22 bills targeting the 1619 Project in different states since January 2021. While 14 of those are currently pending, six failed or were withdrawn. Those included one in Texas, two in Mississippi, one in Missouri, and another in Arkansas. In Texas, two laws passed while the state currently has the only law in force banning 1619.

That bill specifies that "a teacher, administrator or other employee of a state agency, school district or open-enrollment charter school may not … require an understanding of the 1619 Project."

Bills are currently pending in Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington and West Virginia…