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By Zinn Education Project | January 4, 2010

Any teacher familiar with Howard Zinn and his “People’s History of the United States” will find this very useful. Teachers unfamiliar with Zinn – find out now…

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Zinn Education ProjectApril 25, 2019 at 7:54am

April 25 marks the official beginning of the U.S.-Mexico War in 1846. Rethinking Schools editor Bill Bigelow explains the importance of teaching outside the textbook about the war:

Today’s border with Mexico is the product of invasion and war. Grasping some of...

April 25, 1846: U.S. Mexico War Begins - Zinn Education Project

Today’s border with Mexico is the product of invasion and war. Grasping some of the motives for that war and some of its immediate effects begins to provide students the kind of historical context that is crucial for thinking about the line that separates the...

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Zinn Education ProjectApril 24, 2019 at 7:26am

#tdih 1867, African Americans in Richmond, Virginia organized Reconstruction era protests against the privately operated company that refused to allow them to ride its horse-drawn streetcars.

Christopher Jones, having bought a ticket, said he was entitled to ride the...

April 24, 1867: Richmond Streetcar Protest - Zinn Education Project

African Americans in Richmond, Virginia organized protests against segregated streetcars.

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