Thanks to a donation, the Zinn Education Project is offering sets of five copies of the book to middle and high school teachers with a plan for using and promoting the young readers' edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.
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Introduce high school students to people's history with these podcasts.
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Students in a Louisville, Kentucky classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites based on the lesson Echoes of Enslavement.
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Teaching for Black Lives study groups not only deepen participants' knowledge and improve their practice — they also increase their resolve to continue teaching honestly. And they provide a community of accountability and mutual support.
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The Zinn Education Project had the opportunity to collaborate on an installation and panel on banned books at SXSW this year in Austin.
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The Boston Teachers Union Climate Justice Committee offered a climate justice teaching workshop, facilitated by the Zinn Education Project.
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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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On International Women's Day, close to 400 teachers from around the country came together online to view the documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis.
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African American History teachers in Philadelphia write an open letter to the College Board and social studies teachers.
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Here are stories from the people's history of Tennessee, central to lessons on history and language arts.
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Thank you to everyone who voted for the Zinn Education Project on the December CREDO donations ballot.
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Statement by veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in defense of teaching honestly in Florida and around the United States.
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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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On February 5, 2024, policy advocate Heather McGhee will discuss her book The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Educators and allies are pledging to teach truth in actions at historic sites across the country on June 10, 2023 and all summer long. Here are nine ways to participate.
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An event with contributors to Look for Me in the Whirlwind: Panther 21 was held on February 16, 2023 by MapSO Freedom School.
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Share a story about using any of the lessons or discussion questions for Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed and we'll send you copies of his book for your class.
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A look at people’s history that is being censored. Judge for yourself: “indoctrination” or an exploration of U.S. history that helps students think for themselves and shape a more just future?
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The Players Coalition, founded by former NFL players Anquan Boldin and Malcolm Jenkins, made a donation to the Teaching for Black Lives campaign.
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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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Historian Jeanne Theoharis shared stories about Rosa Parks’ lifetime of activism and discussed the new documentary about Parks, which is based off of a biography of Parks written by Theoharis. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Students in a New Jersey classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites.
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Historian Dayo Gore shared stories about Black women radicals who were active in revolutionary struggle during the Red Scare. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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Help us bring the young readers edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks to more classrooms.
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Roslyn Pope, author of An Appeal for Human Rights in 1960, died on January 19, 2023 at the age of 84.
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