The Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups each year. Applications are open now for the 2023-2024 school year.

We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth on June 10, 2023.

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.

Students in a Louisville, Kentucky classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites based on the lesson Echoes of Enslavement.

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.

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. 

The Zinn Education Project had the opportunity to collaborate on an installation and panel on banned books at SXSW this year in Austin.

In 2023, not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQI identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. The official lists of banned books are a drop in the bucket.

The Boston Teachers Union Climate Justice Committee offered a climate justice teaching workshop, facilitated by the Zinn Education Project.

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.

Our annual Prentiss Charney fellowship offers support for a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together. We spotlight Prentiss Charney Fellows each month on this page.

African American History teachers in Philadelphia write an open letter to the College Board and social studies teachers.

Statement by veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in defense of teaching honestly in Florida and around the United States.

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.

In the face of growing attacks on the teaching of history, The New Press is partnering with the Zinn Education Project to send books to teachers and teacher educators in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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.

Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators.

Students in a New Jersey classroom designed commemorations of people's history sites.

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.

Help us bring the young readers edition of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks to more classrooms.

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

Selected photos and stories from classrooms across the country about their use of the book and film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.