We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country on June 10 to defend the right to teach truthfully about U.S. history and defend LGBTQ+ rights.
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Across the United States, educators, students, parents, and community members are meeting at historic sites to defend the right to teach truthfully and LGBTQ+ rights. Here are events in Florida.
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In solidarity with the #TeachTruth Day of Action on June 10th, Seven Stories Press is offering free copies of their new book, Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century to participating educators.
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Author Linda Villarosa shared stories from her latest book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, which exposes the persistent racism in the U.S health-care system. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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At the Seattle Kraken hockey game on April 22, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll presented the Hero of the Deep award to Jesse Hagopian.
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The Kennesaw Teaching for Black Lives study group and #BlackTeachersMatter hosted a “Rosa Parks: Activist, Advocate, Advisor” two-day event for undergraduate students and alumni.
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We invite historic sites and museums to host an event on June 10 as part of the Teach Truth Day of Action to defend the freedom to learn and LGBTQ+ rights.
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On Saturday, March 25th, the Zinn Education Project offered a full-day workshop in Brattleboro on teaching Reconstruction.
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Historian Kidada E. Williams shared stories from her new book, I Saw Death Coming, a breakthrough account of the much-debated Reconstruction period. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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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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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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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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