The Associated Press (AP) released a story today about an attempt to censor Howard Zinn's writing, including A People's History of the United States, in K-12 schools in Indiana.
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In recognition of LGBTQ History month, we highlight one example of how a teacher and…
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For April, Diversity Month, the Zinn Education Project collaborates with StoryCorps to share resources on…
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Essay by Staughton Lynd in response to one of the recent media attacks on Howard Zinn and A People’s History. These attacks include Sam Wineburg’s “Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinn’s A People’s History Falls Short” in the American Federation of Teachers' American Educator magazine and “Agit-Prof: Howard Zinn's influential mutilations of American history” by David Greenberg in The New Republic.
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For Women's History Month, we are pleased to share the digitized collection of the Voice of Industry newspaper. The Voice of Industry was a worker-run newspaper, published by young women from 1845-1848, who came to work in the factories in Lowell, Mass. Under the influence of the young labor leader Sarah Bagley, the paper was an uncompromising advocate for women’s rights, publishing pieces about marriage, suffrage, and equality.
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March 25 is the anniversary of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911 that…
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Responses from three historians to a critical review of the life and legacy of historian Howard Zinn in The New Republic.
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Howard Zinn’s talk, "Against War," recorded by Alternative Radio on March 17, 2006.
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One of the great silences in the mainstream school curriculum is the role that social…
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Dear Zinn Education Project friends,
Howard Zinn passed away three years ago, on January 27,…
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This special edition came about after scholars presented and discussed perspectives on the important influences…
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The Zinn Education Project had a major presence at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Seattle from Nov. 16-18, 2012. Educators from across the country met and talked about teaching people's history. We featured books by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, people's history resources, and a raffle.
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The Zinn Education Project presented Mexican American Studies program co-founder Sean Arce with the Myles Horton Education Award for Teaching People’s History at the NCSS conference in 2012.
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Born on July 14, 1912, activist folksinger Woody Guthrie's centennial is in full swing across the country.
His family and historians developed a website to make sure that his life and work are honored and can continue to inspire another generation.
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The Zinn Education Project joins the call for a National Day of Solidarity on Friday, October 12, 2012 with the Raza Defense Fund and the campaign to Save Ethnic Studies.
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Videos of major speakers at the special event on Sept. 21, 2011 to dedicate the Howard Zinn Room at Busboys and Poets.
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For 50 years, Milton Meltzer wrote over 100 history books for middle and high school school readers that did just that — they told the history of what everyday people make happen.
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When Marian Wright Edelman called to ask if we could help with the Youth Advocate…
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