Organizing Archives

Flint Sit-Down Strike, 1936-1937

Poster. By Dylan Miner.
Informational poster about Roscoe Van Zandt and the Flint Sit-Down Strike.

Boycott

Film. By Clark Johnson. 2001. 120 minutes.
Dramatic account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Detail of portrait of Frank Little by Nicole Schulman.

Aug. 1, 1917: Labor Organizer Frank Little Lynched

IWW labor organizer Frank Little was lynched from a railroad trestle.

June 23, 1968: The Poor People’s Campaign Ended

The permit for the Poor People’s Campaign expired, ending the month long encampment.

Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education

Book — Non-fiction. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 302 pages.
A call to defend honest education for our students, showing how we can reclaim suppressed history by creating beloved classroom communities and healthy social movements.

June 9, 1964: Bloody Tuesday

Following months of protests to end segregation, Black residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama were brutally attacked by police and the Klan inside the First African Baptist Church.

May 15, 1956: Elloree 21 Refuse to Sign Anti-NAACP Teacher Oath

Twenty-one teachers at the Elloree Training School were fired when they refused to sign an oath denying membership in the NAACP.

June 8, 1966: Beltway March to Protest Segregated Housing

On June 8, 1966, protesters with the Action Coordinating Committee to End Segregation in the Suburbs (ACCESS) took to the Washington, D.C. Beltway, starting at Georgia Avenue and marching for 66 miles over four days to protest housing segregation in the D.C. suburbs. The marchers were met with angry motorists and counter-protesters who supported the status quo.

March 1, 1964: Sheraton-Palace Hotel Protests

Thousands of people took to the streets outside of the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco to protest the hotel’s unfair hiring practices, which permitted Black people and people of color only the most menial of jobs.

June 1, 1968: Founding of Drum and Spear Bookstore

Drum and Spear was founded by SNCC organizers in Washington, D.C. The bookstore quickly became a central hub of knowledge to “disseminate information by and about Black people in the African Diaspora.”

Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore

Book — Non-fiction. By Ashley D. Farmer. 2025. 496 pages.
A biography of Queen Mother Audley Moore — mother of modern Black Nationalism and trailblazer in the fight for reparations.

Nov. 28, 1973: Auto Workers Strike for Palestine

In solidarity with the Palestinian people, Detroit auto workers led a one-day strike protesting the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) support of Israel.

Oct. 17, 1972: The Wilmington Ten Convicted

Ten young Black activists and community members — known as the Wilmington Ten — were wrongfully convicted in North Carolina for standing up for racial justice and equal education.

Golden Lands, Working Hands

Film. By Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers. 1999. 170 minutes.
Ten-part film series brings the hidden history of working people in California to light, from the Gold Rush through the present.

The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery

Picture book. By Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin. Illustrated by Eric Velasquez. 2013.
Story of John Price's escape to freedom with the help of the Oberlin–Wellington Rescue.

People’s Climate March, 2014 | Zinn Education Project

Blockadia: Teaching How the Movement Against Fossil Fuels Is Changing the World

Teaching Activity. By Bill Bigelow, Adam Sanchez, and Tim Swinehart.
A role-play activity engages students in building solidarity among different groups and organizations fighting fossil fuels and searching for alternatives.

Teaching Activity by Bill Bigelow

An “Earth ball” at a rally in Istanbul, Turkey, with the figure 350 — signifying the safe upper limit in parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Oct. 24, 2009: International Climate Day of Action

In the lead-up to an international conference on climate change in Copenhagen, climate activists organized a “day of action,” where millions of people gathered at thousands of events all over the world, demanding that governments and corporations work to slash CO2 emissions and enforce environmental protections.

A giant puppet of a sea goddess made entirely of recycled materials walked through Glasgow during the COP26 climate change summit.

Nov. 6, 2021: Climate Justice Protesters Demand Reparations

An Indigenous-led rally at the site of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, drew more than 100,000 protesters to demand reparations for Indigenous communities and the Global South, investments in renewable energy instead of fossil fuels, and worker-led transitions to systems that would reduce poverty and injustice.