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Conservatives were not the only people who criticized the 1619 Project. Many distiguished historians, none I would consider conservatives, objected to it. Wikipedia has the best summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1619_Project#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20October%202019%2C%20the,Richard%20Carwardine%20and%20Clayborne%20Carson.

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Forget Harlem. Until recently, many Black middle class enclaves in metropolitan areas all across the country were seemingly unknown, and certainly not nearly as 'desirable,' to everyone except Black folks. This has only started changing as gentrification continues to push further outward into less expensive third-ring postwar suburban neighborhoods where many of these enclaves are located.

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