The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Teaching Guide

Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known U.S. women of the 20th century and yet much of what has been taught about her is narrow, limited, and at times wrong. This is changing thanks to the release in 2021 of the young adult book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and a new film with the same title — both based on the Parks’ biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
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The History of Black Music — A Love Supreme

On March 4, 2024, award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. will discuss his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Teach Banned History

The teaching of African American history is under attack. Conservatives use the terms “critical race theory” and “woke” to stoke fear just like the word “communist” was used during the McCarthy era. We will not be silent. Here are lessons and more resources to help students make sense of these times.
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