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Zinn Education Project
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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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And by W. E. B. Du Bois.
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"One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over.

. . .We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner

. . . it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth." -- W. E. B. Du Bois
Black Reconstruction in America
Book — Non-fiction. By W. E. B. Du Bois. Edited by Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates. 2021. 1097 pages. Originally published in 1935, Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction was the first book to challenge the p...
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January 24, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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"One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over.

. . .We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner

. . . it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth." -- W. E. B. Du Bois
Black Reconstruction in America
Book — Non-fiction. By W. E. B. Du Bois. Edited by Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates. 2021. 1097 pages. Originally published in 1935, Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction was the first book to challenge the p...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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This year, a core narrative in battle over public memory will be the American Revolution for Declaration of Independence 250th anniv.

Admin.'s 250th coalition has lead book banners & history censors Heritage Fdn, Moms for Liberty, PragerU, TPUSA & more. Read ⬇️
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Teaching the American Revolution
Resources for teaching a people's history of the American Revolution.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Don't let them erase history.

Redouble efforts to teach people's history, to #TeachOutsideTextbook, including about Ona Judge (image ⬇️ is one of those removed in Philadelphia.)

Post removed images everywhere.

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May 21, 1796: Ona Judge Escapes Enslavement by President George Washington
Ona Judge escaped enslavement by U.S. President George Washington.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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MAGA is trying to roll back the clock, literally removing markers (like NPS panel ⬆️ in Philadelphia.)

Throughout history, every advance in Black Freedom Struggle is met by white supremacist backlash against education. They know that knowledge is power.

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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 24, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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The climate crisis threatens students’ lives. Yet textbooks give scant attention & anti-history ed laws often censor teaching about climate justice.

We offer free lessons, a climate crisis timeline, and a sample school board climate justice resolution.

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Teach Climate Justice Campaign
Teaching climate justice has never been more urgent. We offer free downloadable classroom lessons, book and film recommendations, workshops for educators, and a sample school board climate justice res...
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January 24, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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This is one of countless stories of people's history in Florida.

Find more Florida people's history below and defend the right to #TeachTruth and the #FreedomtoLearn in Florida and around the U.S.

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People’s History Banned in Florida
In the face of attempts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban AP African American studies, social justice books, and critical race theory in K–12 schools (and DEI in public colleges), we take a look...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Police tear gas, against young people demanding human rights, damaged Patricia Stephens Due's eyes.

She needed to wear dark glasses rest of her life.

Read "Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir" for gr. 9+.

Defend right to #TeachOutsideTextbook
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Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights
Book — Non-fiction. By Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due. 2003. 416 pages. An unforgettable story of a mother-daughter journey spanning two generations of Civil Rights struggles.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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"Textbooks offer false impression that history of voting rights in U.S. is hopeful tale of steady progress, culminating in 1965. Provides no context to understand current moment." -- @ladyofsardines.bsky.social ⬇️

Anti-history ed laws try to keep it that way.
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What Our Students Should Know About the Struggle for the Ballot — but Won’t Learn from Their Textbooks
By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca From voter ID laws to voter-roll purges, gerrymandering to poll closures to the deadly in-person voting conditions during a pandemic, the right to vote is under attack and the st...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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“They said outsiders was coming in and beginning to get the people stirred up because they’ve always been satisfied.

Well, as long as I can remember, I’ve never been satisfied.” -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer to Howard Zinn, Freedom Day in Hattiesburg

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Freedom Day in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Article. By Howard Zinn. From Chapter 6 of You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Zinn describes the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) voting rights campaign called Freedom Day in Hatt...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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For young people, we recommend "Black Was the Ink" by Michelle Coles, @leeandlow.bsky.social.

Teenage protagonist time travels to Reconstruction era where he learns lessons from Black leaders (incl. Revels), relevant to contemporary fight to save family farm.
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Black Was the Ink
Book — Fiction. By Michelle Coles. Illustrations by Justin Johnson. 2021. 368 pages. A powerful coming-of-age story and an eye-opening exploration of the Reconstruction era.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Hiram Revels' story is one of countless examples of why we need to #TeachReconstruction.

Check out our report: “Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.”

See full report with state assessments & resources: teachreconstructionreport.org
Quote and photo by middle school teacher Lois Hammond.
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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In a white supremacist attempt to prevent Revels from assuming his elected position, his opponents said that despite living in U.S. all his life, he could not be seated because Senate required 9 years of citizenship.

The 14th Amendment had passed only two years earlier. (Like MAGA's "birtherism")
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM