On Nov. 18, documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen and historian LeRae Umfleet will discuss American Coup: Wilmington 1898, a new American Experience PBS documentary directed by Richen and Brad Lichtenstein that examines a white supremacist massacre of Black residents of Wilmington, North Carolina. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.

A series of articles and interviews that center teacher experiences as they work to bring critical discussions to the classroom.

To continue to support educators with free people’s history resources we need your help. The Right has a well-funded campaign to suppress the truth. Your donation defends teachers who #TeachTruth.

The Zinn Education Project team will be at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Boston from November 22–23, 2024.

Recommended classroom resources, including lessons, books, articles, films, and more for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Educator Brian Jones talked about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and ways that those stories can be included in the curriculum. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

We want to hear your stories about using our lessons on Reconstruction. In appreciation for your time, we will send you a free copy of Freedom Was in Sight by Kate Masur and Liz Clarke.

Stories about the impact of people's history lessons in the classroom.

Hundreds of educators register for free each month at the Zinn Education Project to access lessons and other resources. Here’s why.

According to an American Historical Association report, a quarter of the teachers surveyed use Zinn Education Project resources.

Historian Kellie Carter Jackson discussed her book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Seldom do we see Haiti in the news without the word “crisis.” It is important for young people to learn about the roots of the crisis and the long history of resistance.

Teacher stories about using lessons from the Zinn Education Project.

On this Constitution Day, let’s commit ourselves to teach the truth. Let’s look deeply and critically at how this document may have offered a republican form of government for some, but denied humanity to others, and contributed to the system of white supremacy we still need to dismantle.

With the airwaves full of inflammatory rhetoric about immigrants and the border a hot election topic, we provide lessons, teaching guides, and other recommended resources for teaching honestly and critically about immigration.

To prepare for local and national elections in November, teach outside the textbook about voter suppression.

The Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups each year. Applications are open now for the 2024-2025 school year.

Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history.

We are thrilled to announce the 2024–2025 Teach the Black Freedom Struggle season of online classes — a series unlike any other professional development.

We are thrilled to announce our second class of Zinn Education Project Prentiss Charney fellows for the 2024–2026 school years. The fellowship offers support for a cohort of people’s history educator leaders to study, learn, and organize together for two years.

Historian John Avery Dittmer (October 30, 1939 – July 19, 2024) was the author of key texts on SNCC and grassroots organizing in Mississippi.