Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss his book, Reconsidering Reparations. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Throughout U.S. history, young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Each time, they face violence from police and vilification by the corporate media.

Wear Teach Banned History buttons to prompt conversations everywhere about the need to actively oppose book bans, teach truthfully, and defend LGBTQ+ rights.

Historian Julius B. Fleming Jr. joined educator Jessica Rucker to discuss his book, Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

For this 4th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, we are offering a pop-up display so event hosts can set up an information table at a public space such as a bookstore, library, or farmers' market.

Inspirational Ohio organizer and political leader C. J. Prentiss died on April 2, 2024.

On the four-year anniversary of the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, we offer resources for teaching about health and healthcare.

Mississippi-born SNCC veteran and lifelong activist Dorie Ladner died on March 11, in Washington, D.C.

We owe it to our students — and to the people of Gaza — to explore in our classrooms the history of violence that continues in Palestine-Israel. Check out the new mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and find more teaching resources on Palestine-Israel.

The Zinn Education Project offers free lessons for these fabulous books. Let us know how you use any of the lessons and we’ll send you a people’s history book in appreciation.

Award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. discussed his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

On this anniversary of Tinker v. Des Moines, plaintiff Mary Beth Tinker speaks to the need for freedom of speech for students and teachers about Palestine.

Fifth grade Georgia teacher Katie Rinderle was terminated for reading a book to her students that she purchased at her school's Scholastic book fair.

As part of our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle series, historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to discuss his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America.

Historian Heather McGhee joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss the young readers’ edition of her bestselling book, The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Thousands of teachers from across the United States have signed a pledge not to lie to their students.

Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad joined educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker to talk about his book, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Tuition-free opportunities for K–12 educators to study a variety of humanities topics.

The SNCC Legacy Project is hosting an in-person and livestreamed roundtable conversation on Art & Culture in the Movement with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans and humanities scholars.

To counter attacks on history education, we secured donations from authors and publishers to increase classroom access to thousands of books on African American history.

More than 10,000 teachers signed up to access people’s history lessons in 2023.

Lawmakers continue to enact laws that will make it harder to vote. Help us reach more teachers with people's history lessons on voting rights in 2024.

Journalist and author Norman Solomon joined Rethinking Schools editor and high school teacher Jesse Hagopian to discuss how Solomon’s book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, relates to coverage of current events in Palestine-Israel, and strategies for teaching media literacy.