King of the North: Part Two

Historian Jeanne Theoharis returns to discuss her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Why I Registered

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.
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Students Read and Critique Executive Orders

Executive Orders on language, education, and climate have a profound impact on students’ lives. Therefore, young people should be invited to read and critique them. The Hillsdale College 1776 Curriculum is another text that merits critical attention.
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Teach Truth Testimonials

For the annual national Teach Truth Day of Action, authors, athletes, and activisits are submitting testimonials about why they support the campaign to #TeachTruth and the freedom to learn.    
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Why I Registered

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.
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#TeachTruth Syllabus

We offer this #TeachTruthSyllabus as a gesture of defiance and education. The Right would be happy to obfuscate reality. We, on the other hand, want to probe beneath the surface — so we can teach the truth about our past and present.
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Question the President

This Presidents Day, rather than mythologize past presidents as kinder and gentler than Trump, let's remind students that this country has been at its best when people have organized to question and challenge presidents — opposing presidential support for slavery, war, invasion, segregation, and injustice of all kinds. 
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Why I Registered

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.
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Teaching in Perilous Times

Educators are teaching in perilous times. We face a white supremacist backlash — funded by billionaires — against the 2020 uprising for Black lives, when tens of millions built a multiracial movement against systemic racism.
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