Roslyn Pope, author of An Appeal for Human Rights in 1960, died on January 19, 2023 at the age of 84.

For two years, new education standards for history and social science classes have been drafted in a public process. As those new standards come up for formal adoption, the Virginia Department of Education under Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed their own revisions, in consultation with Hillsdale College, proponents of the right wing 1776 Curriculum.

Since April, 13,000 copies of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, the young readers’ edition of a book by acclaimed historian Jeanne Theoharis, adapted by award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert, have been shipped to teachers requesting copies to pair with their history or language arts curriculum.

Students in the Blue Ridge Mountains learned the rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks that is too often left out of textbooks and stories about her life.

The Zinn Education Project hosted an interactive panel discussion on teaching Reconstruction at the American Historical Association annual meeting in Philadelphia.

Open letter from Civil Rights Movement veterans in support of teachers who pledge to teach the truth despite the new wave of teacher-intimidation and thought-suppression laws.

H-PAD is mobilizing its member historians to oppose the right-wing’s lies and distortions about what is and what is not being taught in schools and to stand up for educational freedom.

An open letter signed by more than 240 prominent scholars of U.S. history urging school districts to devote more time and resources to teaching the Reconstruction era.

Based on the bestselling biography by Jeanne Theoharis and executive produced by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, the 2022 documentary The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks depicts Rosa Parks' life-long dedication to justice.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.