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Teach Banned Books Buttons

Wear your support for teaching banned books.

Bring People’s History to Classrooms in 2023

Check out our plans to bring people's history to more classrooms in 2023.

People’s History Lessons to Fight Voter Suppression

Lawmakers continue to enact laws that will make it harder to vote. Help us reach more teachers with people's history lessons on voting rights in 2023.

From Amy Carter to Howard Zinn: Tom Lesser Supports People’s History

Tom Lesser is a civil and human rights lawyer and donates to the Zinn Education Project every year.

I Love These Lessons

Teacher stories about using lessons from the Zinn Education Project.

Family standing outside with Vote! signs

Georgia Educators: Share Your Story

People’s history was made in Georgia on December 6 when Sen. Raphael Warnock was re-elected to the U.S. Senate thanks to grassroots organizing efforts. Share your stories of teaching people’s history lessons and the resistance you may face in doing so.

People’s History at 2022 NCSS Conference in Philadelphia

In early December, the Zinn Education Project had a booth and offered workshops at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Philadelphia.

Good News: People’s History Is Reaching More Classrooms

More than 11,000 teachers signed up to access people’s history lessons in 2022.

New Jersey Educators: Invitation to Model Gary Student Convention

New Jersey educators are invited to engage their students in the Second Annual Model Gary Student Convention.

Teaching for Black Lives Campaign Featured in My Cause, My Cleats

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll selected the Teaching for Black Lives campaign for My Cause, My Cleats.

Teach Reconstruction Report

Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction is now in print.

Beyond “Schools in Crisis”: Teachers and Students on Our Present Realities and Collective Possibilities

A panel centering the voices of students and teachers on the conditions in schools and how to build a just future.

Your Vote Defends Teaching People’s History

The Zinn Education Project is one of CREDO’s grant recipients for the month of December. This can make a huge difference. How much we receive depends on you. Your vote is critical and takes less than a minute. Cast your vote today.

Bryan Stevenson on the History of Racial Terror in the United States

Bryan Stevenson discussed his book, Just Mercy, the Legacy Museum, the history of racial terror in the United States, and the attacks on teaching honestly about U.S. history. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Giving Tuesday: Why I Donated

We were overwhelmed by the support on Giving Tuesday for the Zinn Education Project. Not only did people step up with donations, they also shared moving dedications and comments.

Double Your Donation for Giving Tuesday

All donations on Giving Tuesday will be matched up to $10,000 thanks to the generous support of Dave Colapinto who was Howard Zinn’s student at Boston University and currently works to defend whistleblowers.

A letter dating back to the Reconstruction era

New Reconstruction Lesson with Dozens of Primary Documents

A new lesson offers dozens of primary source documents to help students explore the Reconstruction era.

Teaching in Dangerous Times

Right wing politicians and media outlets are attacking educators’ most basic responsibility — to teach young people accurately and truthfully. Officials in at least 42 states have sought — and in many cases succeeded — to enact restrictions on what teachers can say about history and current events.

Staughton Lynd, ¡Presente!

People's historian Staughton Lynd died on Nov. 17 after an extraordinary life as a conscientious objector, peace activist and civil rights activist, tax resister, professor, author, and lawyer.

Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights

As voters navigate waves of voter suppression during the midterm elections, here are lessons, books, and other resources for teaching about the struggle for voting rights.

“We Return Fighting”: The Black Freedom Struggle During WWII

Matt Delmont shared stories from his new book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Classes

People’s History Audiograms

Listen to the audiograms of people's history scholars from the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle monthly online classes.

Queen Mother Moore, Black Nationalism, and the Centuries-Long Fight for Reparations

Author Ashley Farmer was in conversation with Cierra Kaler-Jones about Queen Mother Audley Moore (1898–1997), one of the most influential activists and thinkers of the 20th century. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Howard Zinn Centennial

The year 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of Howard Zinn’s birth on August 24, 1922, in Brooklyn. Although Howard died in 2010, his work continues to inform and inspire educators around the world.

From Florida to Oregon: Reconstruction Throughout the United States

Most state standards and textbooks frame Reconstruction as a Southern story, but grassroots struggles for justice met resistance in the North and to the west. That is why one of the recommendations in our report, Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle is to “Emphasize the significance of Reconstruction throughout the United States.”