February 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
"Paying bail or fines indicates acceptance of immoral system and validates the arrests."
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
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#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
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Feb. 6, 1961: "Jail, No Bail" in Rock Hill, South Carolina Sit-Ins
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, South Carolina to sit-in.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"Paying bail or fines indicates acceptance of immoral system and validates the arrests."
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Black History Month did not begin as a celebration.
It began as a correction.
February 2026 marks 100 years of nationwide commemoration of Black history.
Black History Month still exists because the record still needs correcting.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM100 #TeachTruth
It began as a correction.
February 2026 marks 100 years of nationwide commemoration of Black history.
Black History Month still exists because the record still needs correcting.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM100 #TeachTruth
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Black History Month did not begin as a celebration.
It began as a correction.
February 2026 marks 100 years of nationwide commemoration of Black history.
Black History Month still exists because the record still needs correcting.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM100 #TeachTruth
It began as a correction.
February 2026 marks 100 years of nationwide commemoration of Black history.
Black History Month still exists because the record still needs correcting.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM100 #TeachTruth
#BlackHistoryMonth #TeachTruth Link for @zinnedproject.bsky.social
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February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Teach about history (and current role) of FBI and the Black Freedom Movement (& other liberation movements -- Young Lords, American Indian Movement, & more) with free lesson ⬇️.
Students read and analyze primary documents about COINTELPRO. #TeachTruth
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Students read and analyze primary documents about COINTELPRO. #TeachTruth
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COINTELPRO: Teaching the FBI’s War on the Black Freedom Movement
Through examining FBI documents, students learn the scope of the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign to spy on, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt all corners of the Black Freedom Movement.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Teach about history (and current role) of FBI and the Black Freedom Movement (& other liberation movements -- Young Lords, American Indian Movement, & more) with free lesson ⬇️.
Students read and analyze primary documents about COINTELPRO. #TeachTruth
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Students read and analyze primary documents about COINTELPRO. #TeachTruth
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Here's a letter from a Black woman in Wilmington 1898 begging President McKinley for help that never came. Read her desperate words.
This is why we must #teachtruth.
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This is why we must #teachtruth.
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Primary Source: Letter from an African American Citizen of Wilmington to the President
2009 This letter was written to President McKinley by a Black woman living in Wilmington. She described the fear and desperation of the Black
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January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Here's a letter from a Black woman in Wilmington 1898 begging President McKinley for help that never came. Read her desperate words.
This is why we must #teachtruth.
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This is why we must #teachtruth.
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Your support matters now more than ever. #TeachTruth #RESIST
Three ways YOU can help teach truth in South Carolina | NetNews
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January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Your support matters now more than ever. #TeachTruth #RESIST
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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Find more Florida people's history below and defend the right to #TeachTruth and the #FreedomtoLearn in Florida and around the U.S.
Help us reach more classrooms: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
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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
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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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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Education for America is a greater need than Band Aid for Africa ever achieved.
#uspol #truth #education #teachtruth
#uspol #truth #education #teachtruth
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Education for America is a greater need than Band Aid for Africa ever achieved.
#uspol #truth #education #teachtruth
#uspol #truth #education #teachtruth
Now we face more McCarthyism-like teacher loyalty oaths, laws & book bans to criminalize teaching honestly about U.S. history.
Listen to @thisamericanlife.org w/ @drjameswhitfield.bsky.social
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Defend right to #TeachTruth
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Listen to @thisamericanlife.org w/ @drjameswhitfield.bsky.social
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Defend right to #TeachTruth
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Red Scare Attack on Educators Today
The right-wing media is on the attack against the Zinn Education Project. In their Red Scare vitriol, these media outlets discredit activism and critical analysis in people’s history. The real targets...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Now we face more McCarthyism-like teacher loyalty oaths, laws & book bans to criminalize teaching honestly about U.S. history.
Listen to @thisamericanlife.org w/ @drjameswhitfield.bsky.social
www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-...
Defend right to #TeachTruth
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Listen to @thisamericanlife.org w/ @drjameswhitfield.bsky.social
www.thisamericanlife.org/758/talking-...
Defend right to #TeachTruth
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In a 1968 video editorial on @wgbh.org, Howard Zinn @zinndigital.bsky.social nominated Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Woman and Man of the Year because they “both refused to play the game” by speaking out against the Vietnam War. #TeachTruth
Watch ⬇️
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Watch ⬇️
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Howard Zinn Lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Their Resistance (1968) - Howard Zinn
Op-ed by Howard Zinn. Clip from “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” WGBH Boston. 1968. Originally broadcast on “What’s Happening Mr. Silver?” on WGBH Boston, Howard Zinn lauds Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin ...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
In a 1968 video editorial on @wgbh.org, Howard Zinn @zinndigital.bsky.social nominated Eartha Kitt and Dr. Benjamin Spock for Woman and Man of the Year because they “both refused to play the game” by speaking out against the Vietnam War. #TeachTruth
Watch ⬇️
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Watch ⬇️
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Dr. King said that myths about Reconstruction poisoned “the collective mind of America with racism.”
As we approach #MartinLutherKingDay, read King's 1968 remarks about W. E. B. Du Bois's classic text, "Black Reconstruction," published in 1935. #TeachTruth
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As we approach #MartinLutherKingDay, read King's 1968 remarks about W. E. B. Du Bois's classic text, "Black Reconstruction," published in 1935. #TeachTruth
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Dr. Martin Luther King on Reconstruction
Dr. Martin Luther King describes the critical importance of W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction to "restore to light the most luminous achievements" of the Reconstruction era.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Dr. King said that myths about Reconstruction poisoned “the collective mind of America with racism.”
As we approach #MartinLutherKingDay, read King's 1968 remarks about W. E. B. Du Bois's classic text, "Black Reconstruction," published in 1935. #TeachTruth
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As we approach #MartinLutherKingDay, read King's 1968 remarks about W. E. B. Du Bois's classic text, "Black Reconstruction," published in 1935. #TeachTruth
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⬇️ #TeachTruth
How many times have I argued that Trump was using white identity politics to consolidate power only to be told by the pundit class and “objective” journalists that the failing of the left was its continuous embrace of identity politics while they were completely blind to whiteness as an identity?
January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
⬇️ #TeachTruth
Teach about SNCC with free three-lesson unit ⬇️ by high school teacher & @rethinkingschools.bsky.social editor Adam Sanchez. #TeachTruth
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Not a teacher? Donate so we can bring people's history lessons to more classrooms: zinnedproject.org/donate/
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Teaching SNCC: The Organization at the Heart of the Civil Rights Revolution
A lesson exploring the history and evolution of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, from freedom rides to voter registration.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Teach about SNCC with free three-lesson unit ⬇️ by high school teacher & @rethinkingschools.bsky.social editor Adam Sanchez. #TeachTruth
Not a teacher? Donate so we can bring people's history lessons to more classrooms: zinnedproject.org/donate/
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Not a teacher? Donate so we can bring people's history lessons to more classrooms: zinnedproject.org/donate/
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This ⬇️ is why it is important for students to learn outside the textbook -- so they can discern fact from fiction.
Lies by politicians and the media have no sway on public opinion when people have the critical thinking skills and knowledge of history to see through them. #TeachTruth
Lies by politicians and the media have no sway on public opinion when people have the critical thinking skills and knowledge of history to see through them. #TeachTruth
The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
This ⬇️ is why it is important for students to learn outside the textbook -- so they can discern fact from fiction.
Lies by politicians and the media have no sway on public opinion when people have the critical thinking skills and knowledge of history to see through them. #TeachTruth
Lies by politicians and the media have no sway on public opinion when people have the critical thinking skills and knowledge of history to see through them. #TeachTruth
#tdih 1811: 500+ Africans, from 50 nations and speaking dozens of languages, waged a strategic battle for their freedom and to end slavery & white supremacy.
Which side did U.S. troops and territorial militias take?
#TeachTruth Read ⬇️ by Leon Waters. 🧵
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Which side did U.S. troops and territorial militias take?
#TeachTruth Read ⬇️ by Leon Waters. 🧵
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Jan. 8, 1811: Louisiana’s Heroic Slave Revolt
The German Coast Uprising was a strategic military assault against white supremacy by hundreds of enslaved Africans.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#tdih 1811: 500+ Africans, from 50 nations and speaking dozens of languages, waged a strategic battle for their freedom and to end slavery & white supremacy.
Which side did U.S. troops and territorial militias take?
#TeachTruth Read ⬇️ by Leon Waters. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lo...
Which side did U.S. troops and territorial militias take?
#TeachTruth Read ⬇️ by Leon Waters. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lo...
#tdih 2021
“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
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“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
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Jan. 6, 2021: Attempted Coup in the United States
There was an attack on the U.S. Capitol by an armed white supremacist mob, determined to block the democratic process.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
#tdih 2021
“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
More⬇️ 🧵
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“My students weren’t caught off-guard by Jan. 6,” --
@dcpublicschools.bsky.social teacher Alysha Butler
"Why? Because they'd been studying Reconstruction era Colfax Massacre & SCOTUS rulings."
Defend right to #TeachTruth #CriticalLiteracy
More⬇️ 🧵
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The parents' brave resistance in the Lemon Grove case came during a massive U.S. gov't. campaign of deportations of Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the U.S. from late 1920s to late 1930s.
Free lesson for grades 7+ below. #TeachPeoplesHistory #TeachTruth
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Free lesson for grades 7+ below. #TeachPeoplesHistory #TeachTruth
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Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression
Students analyze who is to blame for the illegal mass deportations of Mexican Americans and immigrants during the Great Depression.
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January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The parents' brave resistance in the Lemon Grove case came during a massive U.S. gov't. campaign of deportations of Mexicans and Mexican Americans from the U.S. from late 1920s to late 1930s.
Free lesson for grades 7+ below. #TeachPeoplesHistory #TeachTruth
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Free lesson for grades 7+ below. #TeachPeoplesHistory #TeachTruth
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And so many more, dating back to invasion of Native nations and theft of land.💔 #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth
January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
And so many more, dating back to invasion of Native nations and theft of land.💔 #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth
We are now accepting applications for the spring semester of the Modjeska Simkins School, which meets Monday nights between March 2 and June 22 online and at satellite sites. Learn something. Then do something. #HistoryMatters #TeachTruth www.scpronet.com/wordpress/20...
Satellite sites offer students more ways to attend the Modjeska Simkins School’s 11th session | NetNews
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January 2, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We are now accepting applications for the spring semester of the Modjeska Simkins School, which meets Monday nights between March 2 and June 22 online and at satellite sites. Learn something. Then do something. #HistoryMatters #TeachTruth www.scpronet.com/wordpress/20...