We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table or an event at a historic site to defend the freedom to learn and LGBTQ+ rights on June 8, 2024.

On this Memorial Day weekend, we feature two articles: one about the early origins of the holiday, led by African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina after the Civil War, and the second by Howard Zinn urging us to "destroy the weapons of death that . . . threaten our children and grandchildren."

Historians Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry will discuss the Black Teacher Archive, which centralizes materials created by professional organizations of African American educators. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Philosopher Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò joined Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian to discuss his book, Reconsidering Reparations. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Throughout U.S. history, young people have protested to demand justice in the United States and around the world. Each time, they face violence from police and vilification by the corporate media.

The upcoming school board elections require our urgent attention.

This International Workers’ Day — May 1st — comes in the midst of union victories — and ongoing challenges for frontline workers and teachers.

“Outside agitators” is a trope used throughout history in response to slave resistance, Reconstruction, the labor movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and more to dismiss and repress the legitimate agency, intellect, and concerns of local people.

On Apr. 14, 2025, historian Mary Phillips will discuss her book Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Wear Teach Banned History buttons to prompt conversations everywhere about the need to actively oppose book bans, teach truthfully, and defend LGBTQ+ rights.

Historian Julius B. Fleming Jr. joined educator Jessica Rucker to discuss his book, Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation. This session was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

For this 4th annual Teach Truth Day of Action, we are offering a pop-up display so event hosts can set up an information table at a public space such as a bookstore, library, or farmers' market.

Inspirational Ohio organizer and political leader C. J. Prentiss died on April 2, 2024.

On Mar. 24, 2025, historian Jeanne Theoharis will discuss her book King of the North, which examines Martin Luther King's freedom struggle outside of the South. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Too often, textbooks present famines as natural phenomena. They are not. As Gaza moves closer toward famine, it is not hard to see its causes.

On the four-year anniversary of the declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic, we offer resources for teaching about health and healthcare.

Mississippi-born SNCC veteran and lifelong activist Dorie Ladner died on March 11, in Washington, D.C.

We owe it to our students — and to the people of Gaza — to explore in our classrooms the history of violence that continues in Palestine-Israel. Check out the new mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and find more teaching resources on Palestine-Israel.

The Zinn Education Project offers free lessons for these fabulous books. Let us know how you use any of the lessons and we’ll send you a people’s history book in appreciation.

Award-winning musicologist and music historian Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. discussed his book Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present as part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.

Teach truth media toolkit with talking points, responses to FAQs, and best practices.