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Lumbee Nation elder and activist Donna Chavis called the Atlantic Coast Pipeline win — and the larger movement for environmental justice — a "David versus Goliath struggle." This description also applies to the fight to make Indigenous-led fossil fuel resistance movements part of our curriculum. We share some resources and lessons to help.

On June 26, 2020, the weekly People's Historians Online session explored the history of rebellions in the United States with a conversation between Jeanne Theoharis and Jesse Hagopian.

On June 19, the weekly People’s Historians Online mini-class featured a conversation between Greg Carr and Jessica Rucker about Reconstruction and Juneteenth.

This month marks the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre. We feature lessons, articles, and other resources to teach about the Tulsa Massacre and the ongoing struggle against institutionalized racism.

Resources to teach why people of conscience are challenging the iconography of exploitation, racism, and colonial domination.

On June 12, the weekly People’s Historians Online mini-class featured a conversation between Martha Jones and Tiffany Mitchell Patterson about Reconstruction and issues of citizenship, suffrage, and movement building in the 19th century.

In light of the 2020 rebellion, we offer materials to teach the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in the United States.

Resources for middle and high school classrooms on the history of policing in the United States.

After a week of nation-wide protests, Dr. Keisha Blain and Jesse Hagopian discuss the history of policing and the roots of the rebellion.

On May 29, Barbara Ransby was in conversation with Jesse Hagopian about Black feminist organizing from the 1950s to now.

We need your help so that more teachers can learn and teach people's history during and after the pandemic.

The People’s Historians Online mini-class on Black Left: 1930s to the Early 1950s with Robin D. G. Kelley and Cierra Kaler-Jones on May 22, 2020.

Our profound appreciation to everyone who has donated to support the People’s Historians Online mini-classes.

Veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee were the guest speakers in a virtual 6th grade classroom in California.

People's Historians Online class on Black Athletes and the Black Freedom Struggle with presenters Dave Zirin and Jesse Hagopian on May 15, 2020.

People's Historians Online mini-class on Women in the Black Panther Party with presenters Robyn C. Spencer and Mary Phillips on May 8, 2020.

We need your help so that we can continue to develop resources, share teaching stories, and bring teachers together to think and act ourselves out of this pandemic.

On International Workers’ Day (May 1), close to 300 educators, parents, and students joined the sessions with Jeanne Theoharis and Jesse Hagopian on the radical history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.