Zinn Education Project
@zinnedproject.bsky.social
Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
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Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
Join us on Monday for free class with Brian Jones on "Black History Is for Everyone."
"This book reveals how those who came before us resisted oppression — and reminds us that study & struggle have always gone hand in hand." — Ruha Benjamin
Free book for 25 attendees. ASL & PD cert. provided. ⬇️
"This book reveals how those who came before us resisted oppression — and reminds us that study & struggle have always gone hand in hand." — Ruha Benjamin
Free book for 25 attendees. ASL & PD cert. provided. ⬇️
Black History Is for Everyone
Educator Brian Jones will discuss his new book Black History Is for Everyone. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Join us on Monday for free class with Brian Jones on "Black History Is for Everyone."
"This book reveals how those who came before us resisted oppression — and reminds us that study & struggle have always gone hand in hand." — Ruha Benjamin
Free book for 25 attendees. ASL & PD cert. provided. ⬇️
"This book reveals how those who came before us resisted oppression — and reminds us that study & struggle have always gone hand in hand." — Ruha Benjamin
Free book for 25 attendees. ASL & PD cert. provided. ⬇️
#tdih 1972 Shirley Chisholm launched U.S. presidential campaign. An early childhood teacher, Chisholm advocated for minimum family income, public education, & labor rights; against Vietnam War, militarization of border, police brutality, & carceral state; for birth control & abortion access; & more.
Jan. 25, 1972: Shirley Chisholm Began Historic Campaign for President
Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, opened her historic campaign for President.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
#tdih 1972 Shirley Chisholm launched U.S. presidential campaign. An early childhood teacher, Chisholm advocated for minimum family income, public education, & labor rights; against Vietnam War, militarization of border, police brutality, & carceral state; for birth control & abortion access; & more.
"We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul & body, with phosphorescent light, brighten the chasm that separates us." ― Arturo Schomburg, born #tdih 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico
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Jan. 24, 1874: Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Born
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile, collector, writer, who spent his life championing Black history, was born on this day.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"We need the historian and philosopher to give us with trenchant pen, the story of our forefathers, and let our soul & body, with phosphorescent light, brighten the chasm that separates us." ― Arturo Schomburg, born #tdih 1874 in Santurce, Puerto Rico
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For so long, history of slavery was censored, incl. role of U.S. presidents. After years of organizing, incl. #BlackLivesMatter, schools & public places started reckoning w/ truth telling. Read "How the Word Is Passed" by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social
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Now . . . 🧵
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Now . . . 🧵
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 AM
For so long, history of slavery was censored, incl. role of U.S. presidents. After years of organizing, incl. #BlackLivesMatter, schools & public places started reckoning w/ truth telling. Read "How the Word Is Passed" by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social
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Now . . . 🧵
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Now . . . 🧵
The same admin. sending ICE to terrorize communities has contributed to the dangerous ice & snow storms threatening safety of millions this weekend.
Fossil fuel extraction helps turn annual snow (& fires, rain) into extreme weather. See: earthjustice.org/feature/how-...
#TeachClimateJustice
Fossil fuel extraction helps turn annual snow (& fires, rain) into extreme weather. See: earthjustice.org/feature/how-...
#TeachClimateJustice
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
The same admin. sending ICE to terrorize communities has contributed to the dangerous ice & snow storms threatening safety of millions this weekend.
Fossil fuel extraction helps turn annual snow (& fires, rain) into extreme weather. See: earthjustice.org/feature/how-...
#TeachClimateJustice
Fossil fuel extraction helps turn annual snow (& fires, rain) into extreme weather. See: earthjustice.org/feature/how-...
#TeachClimateJustice
#tdih 1963, #Floridahistory, Patricia S. Due* was arrested in segregated lobby of Florida Theater in Tallahassee for entering "whites-only" section.
Due filed suit against city for their support of racial apartheid. *author @tananarivedue.bsky.social's mother 🧵
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Due filed suit against city for their support of racial apartheid. *author @tananarivedue.bsky.social's mother 🧵
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Jan. 23, 1963: Patricia Stephens Due Arrested in Florida
Patricia Stephens Due is arrested by the police in the segregated lobby of the Florida Theater in Tallahassee.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
#tdih 1963, #Floridahistory, Patricia S. Due* was arrested in segregated lobby of Florida Theater in Tallahassee for entering "whites-only" section.
Due filed suit against city for their support of racial apartheid. *author @tananarivedue.bsky.social's mother 🧵
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Due filed suit against city for their support of racial apartheid. *author @tananarivedue.bsky.social's mother 🧵
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#FridayReport: This week 188 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from North Little Rock, AR; Estes Park, CO; Washington, D.C.; St. Louis, MO; & many more cities.
Some reasons why ⬇️
Help us reach and support more teachers with free lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
Some reasons why ⬇️
Help us reach and support more teachers with free lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
#FridayReport: This week 188 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from North Little Rock, AR; Estes Park, CO; Washington, D.C.; St. Louis, MO; & many more cities.
Some reasons why ⬇️
Help us reach and support more teachers with free lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
Some reasons why ⬇️
Help us reach and support more teachers with free lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
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Philadelphia sues over "arbitrary and capricious" removal of displays about slavery" at Independence National Historical Park, with one official saying "History cannot be erased simply because it is uncomfortable." Good. Hope we see lots more lawsuits like this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Philadelphia sues after slavery exhibits were taken down from President's House site
The lawsuit says the National Park Service removed the displays referring to slavery "presumably pursuant to the mandate” of an executive order from President Donald Trump.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Philadelphia sues over "arbitrary and capricious" removal of displays about slavery" at Independence National Historical Park, with one official saying "History cannot be erased simply because it is uncomfortable." Good. Hope we see lots more lawsuits like this. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Bob Moses of SNCC is arrested for 'Disturbing the Peace' when he tries to escort an elderly Black women into the courthouse to register." -- #tdih 1964, Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Read report from movement veterans ⬇️ 🧵#TeachVotingRights
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Read report from movement veterans ⬇️ 🧵#TeachVotingRights
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Jan. 22, 1964: Freedom Day in Hattiesburg
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) voting rights campaign held a Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"Bob Moses of SNCC is arrested for 'Disturbing the Peace' when he tries to escort an elderly Black women into the courthouse to register." -- #tdih 1964, Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Read report from movement veterans ⬇️ 🧵#TeachVotingRights
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Read report from movement veterans ⬇️ 🧵#TeachVotingRights
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Please consider giving. Dr. King is so mis-taught in so many schools. Any donation to Zinn Education Project helps us change this.
Don't let the right weaponize Dr. Martin Luther King in their efforts to discredit contemporary protests.
For this King holiday, help us send "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South" by Jeanne Theoharis to schools. ⬇️
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For this King holiday, help us send "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South" by Jeanne Theoharis to schools. ⬇️
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Send Copies of King of the North to Classrooms
King of the North by Jeanne Theoharis fundamentally reshapes how we understand Martin Luther King Jr.’s politics and partnerships. Help us send this book to schools.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Please consider giving. Dr. King is so mis-taught in so many schools. Any donation to Zinn Education Project helps us change this.
With ICE presence 💔 increasing in Lewiston, Maine -- we recommend the YA edition of "The Sum of Us" by Heather McGhee & the podcast episode about a 3rd generation dairy farmer & farmers from the Somali Bantu community. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone (Young Readers’ Edition)
Book — Non-fiction. By Heather McGhee. 2023. 240 pages. This young readers’ edition analyzes racism in U.S. politics and policymaking, and provides a potential path forward through solidarity.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
With ICE presence 💔 increasing in Lewiston, Maine -- we recommend the YA edition of "The Sum of Us" by Heather McGhee & the podcast episode about a 3rd generation dairy farmer & farmers from the Somali Bantu community. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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#tdih 2010, SCOTUS ruled in Citizens United: gov't can't infringe upon 1st Amendment right of corporations to spend unlimited funds on elections.
"This is oligarchy. Gov't of the few, by the few & for the few. We must overturn Citizen United & move to public funding of elections." -- Bernie Sanders
"This is oligarchy. Gov't of the few, by the few & for the few. We must overturn Citizen United & move to public funding of elections." -- Bernie Sanders
Jan. 21, 2010: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Ruling
The Supreme Court determined that the government could not infringe upon the First Amendment rights of corporations to spend unlimited funds on electoral campaigns.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
#tdih 2010, SCOTUS ruled in Citizens United: gov't can't infringe upon 1st Amendment right of corporations to spend unlimited funds on elections.
"This is oligarchy. Gov't of the few, by the few & for the few. We must overturn Citizen United & move to public funding of elections." -- Bernie Sanders
"This is oligarchy. Gov't of the few, by the few & for the few. We must overturn Citizen United & move to public funding of elections." -- Bernie Sanders
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"Black education was a fugitive project from its inception — outlawed & defined as a criminal act regarding the slave population in the southern states and, at times, too, an object of suspicion and violent resistance in the North." @zinnedproject.bsky.social
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Legalize Black Education: The Long Fight for the Right to Learn
Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 40 pages. This lesson explores major examples of laws passed to suppress Black education in the wake of major victories for the Black Freedom Struggle, high...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"Black education was a fugitive project from its inception — outlawed & defined as a criminal act regarding the slave population in the southern states and, at times, too, an object of suspicion and violent resistance in the North." @zinnedproject.bsky.social
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#tdih 1870, Hiram Revels was sworn into office as senator from Mississippi, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
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Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
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Feb. 25, 1870: Hiram Revels Sworn into Office
Hiram Revels was sworn into office as senator from Mississippi, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
#tdih 1870, Hiram Revels was sworn into office as senator from Mississippi, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
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Do you know how many African Americans have served in the Senate to date? #TeachReconstruction
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In "From Selma to Minneapolis," @jelaniya.bsky.social examines parallels with murders of white women Viola Liuzzo (killed by Klan, 1965) & Renee Good (killed by ICE, 2026.)
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
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"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
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From Selma to Minneapolis
On M.L.K. Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
In "From Selma to Minneapolis," @jelaniya.bsky.social examines parallels with murders of white women Viola Liuzzo (killed by Klan, 1965) & Renee Good (killed by ICE, 2026.)
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Yet the more disturbing similarities lie in what happened after their deaths." 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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My latest for @truthout.org is an interview w/ @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on her new book, “King Of The North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside the South.”
She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped Martin Luther King Jr.’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.
Coretta Scott King Publicly Opposed Vietnam Before MLK — and Urged Him to Follow
Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.
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January 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
My latest for @truthout.org is an interview w/ @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social on her new book, “King Of The North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside the South.”
She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
She explains MLK’s challenge to structural racism & Coretta Scott King’s visionary leadership that shaped King & the movement.
#MLK2026 "We can celebrate those democracy warriors of the Civil Rights Movement today. We can recognize that the fruit of their work still lives in this country and in all of us. We have a powerful example before us of how to fight." -- @sifill.bsky.social
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It's King Day!
Don't Allow Them to Memory Hole What It Means
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January 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
#MLK2026 "We can celebrate those democracy warriors of the Civil Rights Movement today. We can recognize that the fruit of their work still lives in this country and in all of us. We have a powerful example before us of how to fight." -- @sifill.bsky.social
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Grateful for @democracynow.org for always bringing crucial daily news and for today airing excerpts from Dr King's ever-timely speeches.
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Grateful for @democracynow.org for always bringing crucial daily news and for today airing excerpts from Dr King's ever-timely speeches.
“We do not need allies who are more devoted to order than to justice . . . If our direct-action programs alienate so-called friends . . .they never were really our friends.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read about Martin & Coretta Scott King in the North ⬇️
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Read about Martin & Coretta Scott King in the North ⬇️
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King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
Book — Non-fiction. 2025. By Jeanne Theoharis. 400 pages. Illustrates how King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago — outside Dixie — was at the heart of his campaign for racial justic...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
“We do not need allies who are more devoted to order than to justice . . . If our direct-action programs alienate so-called friends . . .they never were really our friends.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Read about Martin & Coretta Scott King in the North ⬇️
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Read about Martin & Coretta Scott King in the North ⬇️
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@zinnedproject.bsky.social provides a list of multimodal resources to learn and explore the legacy of MLK. Bookmark it today, read and explore over the next months. King's legacy is about more than a day #mlkday www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-...
Martin Luther King Jr.: Beyond “I Have a Dream”
Resources about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beyond the traditional narrative.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
@zinnedproject.bsky.social provides a list of multimodal resources to learn and explore the legacy of MLK. Bookmark it today, read and explore over the next months. King's legacy is about more than a day #mlkday www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-...
To help students recognize & not fall for "divide & conquer" purpose of hate speech by US president against Somalis & other immigrants, we recommend "The Sum of Us" book & podcast by Heather McGhee. Thanks to a donation, we gave away 2600 copies of YA edition. ⬇️
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2,600 Copies of The Sum of Us Distributed to Educators
Thanks to a generous donation from the REI Co-op, 2,600 copies of Heather McGhee's The Sum of Us were given to teachers, teacher educators, and school librarians.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
To help students recognize & not fall for "divide & conquer" purpose of hate speech by US president against Somalis & other immigrants, we recommend "The Sum of Us" book & podcast by Heather McGhee. Thanks to a donation, we gave away 2600 copies of YA edition. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/sum-of-...
www.zinnedproject.org/news/sum-of-...
#tdih 1966, Georgia State House refused to seat Julian Bond despite his election (82% of vote) as a state rep, because of his endorsement of SNCC statement against U.S. in Vietnam.
They denied Bond & the voters their rights. #VoterSuppression
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They denied Bond & the voters their rights. #VoterSuppression
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Jan. 19, 1966: Georgia State House Refused to Seat Julian Bond
The Georgia State House of Representatives refused to seat elected state representative Julian Bond due to his public statements against the Vietnam War.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM
#tdih 1966, Georgia State House refused to seat Julian Bond despite his election (82% of vote) as a state rep, because of his endorsement of SNCC statement against U.S. in Vietnam.
They denied Bond & the voters their rights. #VoterSuppression
Read ⬇️ 🧵
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They denied Bond & the voters their rights. #VoterSuppression
Read ⬇️ 🧵
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New lesson by @jessehagopian.bsky.social
Using a gallery walk, students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.
All our lessons are free. Send feedback & stories if you use it.
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Using a gallery walk, students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.
All our lessons are free. Send feedback & stories if you use it.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wh...
Why Did the United States Invade Venezuela? Student Inquiry
Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 2026. 24 pages. Students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
New lesson by @jessehagopian.bsky.social
Using a gallery walk, students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.
All our lessons are free. Send feedback & stories if you use it.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wh...
Using a gallery walk, students are invited to explore competing explanations for U.S. intervention in Venezuela and then develop their own hypothesis.
All our lessons are free. Send feedback & stories if you use it.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wh...
#tdih 1968 When asked at White House luncheon why young people are angry, Eartha Kitt said, because "You send best of this country off to be shot and maimed."
In retaliation for her honesty, gov't ruined her U.S. career for 10 years & CIA tracked her.
See ⬇️ 🧵
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In retaliation for her honesty, gov't ruined her U.S. career for 10 years & CIA tracked her.
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Jan. 18, 1968: Eartha Kitt Spoke Truth at the White House
When asked at a White House luncheon about “juvenile delinquency,” Eartha Kitt responded by talking about the root causes of rebellion, including the Vietnam War and the draft.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#tdih 1968 When asked at White House luncheon why young people are angry, Eartha Kitt said, because "You send best of this country off to be shot and maimed."
In retaliation for her honesty, gov't ruined her U.S. career for 10 years & CIA tracked her.
See ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ea...
In retaliation for her honesty, gov't ruined her U.S. career for 10 years & CIA tracked her.
See ⬇️ 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ea...
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This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”
January 18, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This is my song. “Those are the real stakes — not white children feeling guilty, but white children armed with truth, history and a righteous desire to work with others to change the world.”