Americans Who Tell the Truth
Website.
Portraits by Robert Shetterly and biographies of individuals who have taken a stand for justice.
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A People’s History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century (Audio)
Audio. By Howard Zinn. Read by Matt Damon. 2003. 8 hours, 44 minutes.
Audio book version of excerpted highlights from A People's History of the United States.
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Audio book version of excerpted highlights from A People's History of the United States.
Matewan
Film. Written and directed by John Sayles. 1987. 132 minutes.
A feature film depicting a strike in a mining town in Appalachia and the struggle for solidarity across racial lines.
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A feature film depicting a strike in a mining town in Appalachia and the struggle for solidarity across racial lines.
Act of War: The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Nation
Film. By Na Maka o ka `Aina. 1993. 58 minutes.
A comprehensive documentary that focuses on the events surrounding the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893.
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A comprehensive documentary that focuses on the events surrounding the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893.
A Young People’s History of the United States: Revised and Updated
Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn, adapted by Rebecca Stefoff with additions by Ed Morales. 2022. 544 pages.
A young adult version of the best-selling A People’s History of the United States, ideal for 6th through 9th grade students.
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A young adult version of the best-selling A People’s History of the United States, ideal for 6th through 9th grade students.
A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence
Book — Non-fiction. By Ray Raphael. Series editor: Howard Zinn. 2002. 528 pages.
Using hundreds of primary sources, this book tells the more accurate, populist, complicated, and interesting story of the American Revolution.
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Using hundreds of primary sources, this book tells the more accurate, populist, complicated, and interesting story of the American Revolution.
Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi
Book — Non-fiction. By John Dittmer. 1995. 560 pages.
A detailed, grassroots description of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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A detailed, grassroots description of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Book — Non-fiction. By James W. Loewen. 2018. 480 pages.
Provides a detailed critique of 12 leading high school history textbooks.
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Provides a detailed critique of 12 leading high school history textbooks.
I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle
Book — Non-fiction. By Charles M. Payne. 1995. 506 pages.
A people's history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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A people's history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
Book — Non-fiction. By Ray Raphael. 2014. 420 pages.
Myths and the reasons that they have come to replace the real stories of the Revolutionary period.
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Myths and the reasons that they have come to replace the real stories of the Revolutionary period.