Teaching Materials Archive

Howard Zinn Website

Website. Features a rich bibliography, online archive, Zinn-related news, and more.

Hartman Turnbow

Profile. Hartman Turnbow (March 20, 1905–August 15, 1988), was Mileston, Miss., farmer and fiery orator known for inspiring people during the Civil Rights Movement.

Ad Astra Comix: Politically Charged Graphic Words

Website. A resource that features and promotes social justice comic arts on a variety of topics.

Moses, Robert “Bob” Parris

Profile. Robert "Parris" Moses (born Jan. 23, 1935) is a voting rights organizer, educator, and founder of the Algebra Project.

Freedom Summer

Film. Written, produced, and directed by Stanley Nelson. 2014. 120 minutes.
Documentary about 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi.

Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Online Archive

Digital collection. Firsthand accounts and primary sources of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Dave Zirin

Profile. People's history of sports author and commentator.

Our House Divided: What U.S. Schools Don’t Teach About U.S.-Style Apartheid

Article. By Richard Rothstein. 2013. If We Knew Our History Series. Housing segregation was not just the product of poverty or even biased attitudes; it was created largely by U.S. government policy.

Graphic History Collective

Website. Features graphic art illustrating the historical account of May Day in Canada.

Dorie Ladner

Profile. Dorie Ladner (June 28, 1942-March 11, 2024) was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veteran, social worker, and lifelong activist.

The Untold History of the United States DVD

Film. By Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. 2014. 4 discs – 796 minutes.
TV series that re-examines various under-reported events of U.S. history since World War II.

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Picture book. By Duncan Tonatiuh. 2014. 40 pages.
Upper elementary school picture-book about the Mendez v. Westminster case to desegregate California schools.

Maestra (Teacher)

Film. By Catherine Murphy. 2013. 32 minutes.
Documentary about the successful 1961 literacy campaign in Cuba.

Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek

Film. By Leah Mahan. 2013. 60 minutes.
Documentary about the impact of “development” on a historically African American community in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Creative Resistance

Digital collection. A Pinterest-style poster board providing a stream of activist art.

Teaching About Women’s History

Lessons, books, films, and posters for teaching outside the textbook about women’s role in history.

Teaching About Labor

Lessons, books, films, and posters for teaching outside the textbook about labor.

Women in Labor History

Profile. Zinn Education Project. Brief bios of two dozen women of note in the labor movement.

Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence

Picture book. By Gretchen Woelfle. Illustrated by Alix Delinois. 2014. 32 pages.
Picture book about true story of Elizabeth Freeman, a woman who challenged the legality of her enslavement.

Freedom Summer 1964

Profile. Summer initiative to register African American voters in Mississippi.

Black Abolitionists

Profiles. Zinn Education Project. 2014. Brief biographies of 25 Black abolitionists.

The Tracing Center

Website. Materials for teaching about the economics of slavery based on the film, "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep."

Fred Ross

Profile. By Gabriel Thompson. 2013.
Introduction to little-known but influential labor organizer Fred Ross (1910-1992), who trained many activists of note including Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez.

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

Digital collection. Resources and programs on the history and legacy of the Abraham Lincoln Brigades.

Have You Heard From Johannesburg

Film. Directed by Connie Field. 2007. 89 minutes.
Episode that covers the anti-apartheid movement in the U.S. to overturn apartheid in South Africa.