As African Americans marched peacefully in response to their expulsion from elected office, more than a dozen were massacred near Albany, Georgia.

Book — Non-fiction. By Jesse Hagopian. 2025. 302 pages. A call to defend honest education for our students, showing how we can reclaim suppressed history by creating beloved classroom communities and ...

In a city without full representation, Dr. Shelina Warren teaches students the Constitution is theirs — both its promises and its flaws.

ALBA Roundtable: Teaching Anti-Fascist History

Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.

On Monday, April 8, 2024: Africana studies professor Julius B. Fleming Jr. in conversation with educator Jessica Rucker, will discuss the role of Black theater in the Black Freedom Struggle and the co...

On International Workers’ Day (May 1) there will be a national May Day Strong strike and protest.

Historian Marcus Rediker will discuss his new book Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea. This session is part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle...

Harriet Tubman helped rescue Charles Nalle, a fugitive from slavery in Virginia, in Troy, New York.

Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven board book series offers clear, concrete language and beautiful imagery that young children can ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Metropolitan School District will not be holding school on Friday, May 1 as Madison teachers are expected to participate in "A Day without Immigrants."

Freedom Was in Sight: Reconstruction as the Second Founding

Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival for a fourteenth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring fi...

Recommended books for pre-K - 12.

In the summer of 2018, Swarthmore College student activist Abby Saul interned at Teaching for Change and we never let her go! (Well, until now.) During that summer, Abby helped us move our Zinn Educat...

No. But We Must Better Understand the Nature of the Battle

On the #TeachTruth Day of Action, every Lush store in the United States installed a display about banned books, featuring the picture book Fry Bread (one of 176 books that were removed from classrooms...

Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...

On October 9, people everywhere are increasing the impact of their Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) by giving together, and we’re excited to be part of it. What is a DAF? A Donor-Advised Fund, or DAF, is a ...

Educator and activist Jesse Hagopian writes that teaching truth doesn’t harm kids — it prepares them to fight for justice.

Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates ...

Ninth Annual Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In Saturday, September 20, 202510:00AM – 3:00PMNational Museum of the American Indian1 Bowling GreenNew York, NY 10004 Tickets are $20 a person. Contact Teachi...

College Leadership in Turbulent Times

A white family (the Heffners) in McComb, Mississippi, left after a campaign of harassment, ostracism, and economic retaliation for having spoken to civil rights workers.

Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, draws attention to his quiet protest against police brutality during an NFL pre-season game.