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Actor Paul Robeson and baseball star Jackie Robinson never met. Yet in 1949, they had much in common. What made the lives of these two giants collide at the height of the McCarthy era? Find out the answer to this question & more in our class TONIGHT! ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/robeson...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 25, 1868: St. Bernard Parish MassacreThe St. Bernard Parish massacre of African Americans was carried out by white men to terrorize the recently emancipated voters in Louisiana.

#tdih 1868 St. Bernard Parish (La.) white supremacist Reconstruction era massacre 💔 of African Americans to terrorize recently emancipated voters. Not in most textbooks. Local teacher @chrisdier.bsky.social wrote a book for students to learn their history. ⬇️ 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/st...

zinnedproject.orgMassacres in the United StatesHere is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States.

St. Bernard Parish Massacre, #tdih 1868, is one in long history of white supremacist massacres to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic adv't, education, freedom of press, religion, LGBTQ rights, &/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants.

teachreconstructionreport.orgErasing the Black Freedom StruggleThis report is a comprehensive effort by the Zinn Education Project to understand Reconstruction’s place in state social studies standards across the U.S.

Many massacres were committed during the Reconstruction era. 💔 Read our national report on teaching Reconstruction. It includes free lessons for K-12, recommended books & films, a state by state assessment of education standards, & more. #TeachReconstruction ⬇️ www.teachreconstructionreport.org

zinnedproject.orgOct. 24, 1871: Los Angeles Chinatown MassacreA lynch mob of 500 Anglo and Latino Los Angelinos rioted and murdered at least 17 Chinese residents after a white civilian died in a shootout.

#tdih 1871, a racist mob rioted in LA's Chinatown and lynched at least 17 Chinese residents. 💔 Perpetrators all went free. Read more (article by @reecejones.bsky.social) & see 9 min. KCET doc ⬇️about this Reconstruction era massacre. Also, picture book in 🧵. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...

socialjusticebooks.orgDreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre[]

Dreams to Ashes “I hope this book illuminates the tragic consequences of xenophobia & racism. . . & that the massacre is a piece of history we learn from, & not one that we relive.” -- L. Blackburne See @teachingchange.bsky.social Social Justice Books ⬇️ www.socialjusticebooks.org/book/dreams-...

“This history is not some old relic . . . It feels like today and sounds like today. People look back at that era and say, ‘How did we allow that to happen?’ But the same thing is happening right now.” — @howardbryantbooks.bsky.social on the McCarthy era More: www.zinnedproject.org/news/robeson...

#FridayReport: This week 181 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Tucson, AZ; Westminster, CO; Bowling Green, KY; Carneys Point, NJ; Rapid City, SD; Round Rock, TX; & more. Some reasons why. ⬇️ Donate to support free people’s history lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/

zinnedproject.orgOct. 23, 1947: An Appeal to the WorldThe NAACP sent to the U.N. a document titled “An Appeal to the World,” to redress human rights violations the United States committed against its African-American citizens.

#tdih 1947 The NAACP sent the UN an appeal to redress human rights violations by the U.S. against African Americans including lynching, segregation, & gross inequalities in education, housing, health care, & voting rights. Drafted by W. E. B. Du Bois & more. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 22, 1963: Chicago School BoycottThe Chicago Public School Boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies.

#tdih 1963 Freedom Day: massive (200,000+) student boycott & demonstration against segregated schools (decade AFTER Brown v. Board) & inadequate resources for African American students in Chicago. CRM in the North. Read ⬇️ & watch 63 Boycott doc. More #tdih🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/19...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 22, 1883: Frederick Douglass Denounces Supreme Court RulingIn this speech, Frederick Douglass denounced the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, in which the Supreme Court held that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments did not empower Congress to outlaw racial…

#tdih 1883 Frederick Douglass denounced the ruling in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 where the Supreme Court held that the 13th & 14th Amendments didn’t empower Congress to outlaw racial discrimination by private individuals. Read speech ⬇️ #TeachReconstruction www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fr...

“Where slavery was strong, liberty is now weak. O for a Supreme Court of the U.S. which shall be as true to the claims of humanity as the Supreme Court formerly was to the demands of slavery!” — Frederick Douglass, #tdih 1833, in D.C. Teach Reconstruction: www.teachreconstructionreport.org

zinnedproject.orgOct. 22, 1963: Chicago School BoycottThe Chicago Public School Boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies.

zinnedproject.orgOct. 22, 1955: John Earl Reese MurderedIn an effort to stop the implementation of Brown v. Board through terrorism, 16-yr-old John Earl Reese was killed in Mayflower, Texas.

#tdih 1955: 16-yr-old John Earl Reese was killed 💔 in Mayflower, Texas when white men fired shots into a café in an effort to stop implementation of Brown v. Board through terrorism. Read more ⬇️ and see a short film from @crrj.bsky.social #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...

Teachers nationwide are requesting our Voting Rights Teaching Toolkit to help young people see themselves as agents of change rather than spectators to politics. 👀 See inside the toolkit in this short video from Leslie Grant of @raceforward.org. ⬇️ Learn more: www.zinnedproject.org/news/voting-...

jsis.washington.eduImmigration, Incarceration, and Belonging: Teaching Japanese American History in Conversation with the Present - NCTA Online Program - East Asia Resource CenterHow have U.S. immigration and citizenship policies shaped who is considered American and who is treated as a threat? In this two-part virtual workshop series with the East Asia Resource Center and…

Starting 10/29, join UW’s East Asia Resource Center & @denshoproject.bsky.social for “Immigration, Incarceration, & Belonging,” a free 2-part virtual workshop series for educators on how U.S. immigration & citizenship policies shaped who is considered American and who is treated as a threat. More ⬇️

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Morning reading vibes: A Different Mirror #RonaldTakaki @zinnedproject.bsky.social “a splendid achievement, a bold & refreshing new approach to our national history. The research is meticulous, the writing powerful & eloquent, w/what can only be called an epic sweep across time & cultures”

“History writes people out of the story, & it’s our job to write them back in.” — journalist @davidmaraniss.bsky.social Join us for class on 10/26 w/ @howardbryantbooks.bsky.social to write the full stories of these legendary figures back into history. More: www.zinnedproject.org/news/robeson...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 21, 1916: African American Landowner Anthony Crawford LynchedSuccessful African American entrepreneur, landowner, and community leader Anthony P. Crawford was murdered by a lynch mob in South Carolina.

#tdih 1916. Abbeville, SC: Black landowner Anthony Crawford lynched for challenging white merchant over unfair price of cottonseed. Land seized, family forced to join Great Migration. #Terrorism More ⬇️ via @eji.org, Green Book of SC & #Reparations lesson 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/an...

zinnedproject.orgRemembering Red Summer — Which Textbooks Seem Eager to ForgetBy Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Confronting a national epidemic of white mob violence, 1919 was a time when Black people defended themselves, fought back, and demanded full citizenship in thousands of acts of…

The lynching of Anthony Crawford (#tdih 1916) is part of long history of white supremacist violence against African Americans to suppress/steal voting rights, land, labor rights, economic adv., education, freedom of press, & more. See textbook critique⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...

zinnedproject.orgRepair: Students Design a Reparations BillIn this activity, students take on the role of activist-experts to improve upon a Congressional bill for reparations for Black people.

“Looking up ‘reparations’ in textbooks is to find it absent altogether, or only in reference to end of WWI or US payments in ‘80s to Japanese Americans (incarcerated in WWII concentration camps).” See lesson ⬇️ by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca #TeachOutsideTextbook www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...

850,865 lesson downloads & counting. Tens of thousands of teachers nationwide access ZEP’s people’s history lessons. 20–30+ sign up daily for classroom lessons & support. They join a network of teachers committed to teaching outside the textbook. Learn more: www.zinnedproject.org/about/impact/

zinnedproject.orgOct. 20, 1942: Durham ManifestoThe Southern Conference on Race Relations (SCRR) was held in Durham, North Carolina to address dichotomy between African American soldiers fighting overseas in the name of democracy while in the U.S.…

#tdih 1942. So. Conf. on Race Relations met, issued Durham Manifesto. Demands included: - abolition of poll tax, white primary, and police abuses; - a federal anti-lynching law; - equalization of teachers’ salaries; - equal access to public hospitals & more. ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/du...

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Only five years after the end of the Civil War, "we were eight years in power."

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#tdih 1870 the first African Americans were elected to House of Representatives. To provide context for events today, teach about “freedom's unfinished revolution,” the Reconstruction era. #TeachTruth We offer free lessons, book & film lists, nat’l report. 🧵⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/af...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 19, 1870: First African Americans Elected to the House of RepresentativesFor the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.

zinnedproject.orgOct. 19, 1870: First African Americans Elected to the House of RepresentativesFor the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.

zinnedproject.orgSend Free Voting Rights Toolkits to ClassroomsTo contribute to national efforts to get out the vote and defend the elections, we encourage middle and high school teachers to focus on voting rights and the Constitution in September and…

Attempts are underway to sabotage this November’s elections. Democracy depends on broad participation as well as fair elections. Help us send more voting rights teaching toolkits. Donate today to provide young people with the tools to defend voting rights: www.zinnedproject.org/news/send-fr...

teachreconstructionreport.orgErasing the Black Freedom StruggleTHIS REPORT IS CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL MID-JANUARY. DO NOT SHARE THIS WEBSITE.

Read our national report on teaching Reconstruction. Check out the page on your state. ⬇️ www.teachreconstructionreport.org

zinnedproject.orgOct. 19, 1870: First African Americans Elected to the House of RepresentativesFor the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.

zinnedproject.orgJan. 6, 1874: Robert B. Elliott Spoke of Need for Civil Rights ActRep. Robert B. Elliott gave a speech to advocate for the Civil Rights Act, which passed a year later.

“What you give to one class you must give to all. What you deny to one class, you deny to all.” — Congressperson Robert B. Elliott of SC (elected 1870) in 1874 speech to advocate for Civil Rights Act It is worth pausing to read speech in full ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ro...

zinnedproject.orgWho Gets to Vote? Teaching About the Struggle for Voting Rights in the United StatesUnit with three lessons on voting rights, including the history of the struggle against voter suppression in the United States.

To learn strategies to fight voter suppression today, young people can study the long and ongoing history of the fight for voting rights in the U.S. #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachVotingRights Free 3-lesson unit below by high school teacher Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/te...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 19, 1870: First African Americans Elected to the House of RepresentativesFor the first time, African Americans were elected to the House of Representatives in 1870.

zinnedproject.orgDec. 12, 1870: Joseph H. Rainey First African American in U.S. House of RepsJoseph H. Rainey, from South Carolina, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“When myself and colleagues shall leave these Halls and turn our footsteps toward our Southern homes we know not but that the assassin may await our coming, as marked for his vengeance.” — Joseph Rainey, elected 1870, on white supremacist terrorism. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jo...

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What happens when the government surveils a Black public figure, demanding that he “prove” his loyalty — while pressuring another Black public figure to testify against him? Find out the answer in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class on 10/26 ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/robeson...

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This is the part of 1898 that rarely makes the textbook timeline. Students remember the war, not what came after for Puerto Ricans. How do teachers fit this into an already packed curriculum?

zinnedproject.orgOct. 18, 1898: U.S. Troops Raised U.S. Flag Over Puerto RicoU.S. troops raised the U.S. flag over Puerto Rico.

#tdih 1898 U.S. troops raised the U.S. flag over Puerto Rico, formalizing U.S. authority over the island’s one million inhabitants during Spanish-American War. Instead of supporting Puerto Ricans' fight for independence from 400 years of Spanish domination, the U.S. became the new colonial power.

zinnedproject.orgOct. 17, 1837: Petition to Repeal Black Codes in OhioThe first general convention of African American Ohioans met in Columbus and pledged to continue raising their voices in order to repeal the Black Codes.

#tdih 1837 Colored Convention @ccp-org.bsky.social attendees wrote a petition to state of Ohio to revoke its racist laws. They printed it in a newspaper so it could be cut out and pasted onto larger pages that people could sign. #PeoplesHistory #Organizing Read ⬇️by @katemasur.bsky.social

#FridayReport: This week 203 teachers signed up at ZEP for people’s history lessons from Tucson, AZ; Van Nuys, CA; Franklin Park, IL; Louisville, KY; Saint Joseph, MO; Rocky Mount, NC; Copperas Cover, TX; & many more cities. #TeachTruth Some reasons why. ⬇️ 🧵

Despite the EO’s censorship of honest teaching, teachers are bravely signing up in greater numbers to access people’s history lessons. Donate so we can reach more teachers with free people’s history lessons: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/

zinnedproject.orgOct. 16, 1968: Olympics Black Power SaluteTommie Smith and John Carlos made a symbolic protest while the U.S. national anthem was played in the Olympics.

#tdih 1968 We all recognize iconic photo of Black Power salute by Tommie Smith & John Carlos at Olympics. But, what were their demands? What happened before & after? How did they organize? What was Peter Norman's role? #TeachOutsideTextbook Read ⬇️ 🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ol...

thenation.comRacist IOC President Avery Brundage Loses His Place of HonorThe decision to remove his bust from the San Francisco Asian Art Museum was long overdue.

Avery Brundage’s racism & anti-Semitism go way back and should have been addressed decades before the Olympic Project for Human Rights had to organize and demand his removal. See story ⬇️ by @edgeofsports.bsky.social & @julesboykoff.bsky.social via @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

zinnedproject.orgThe John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the WorldBook — Non-fiction. By John Carlos and Dave Zirin. Foreword by Cornel West. 2011. 220 pages. Written for grades 7+, this biography of John Carlos recounts his childhood, his legendary act of courage…

To introduce young people to history of the Olympic Project for Human Rights & the 1968 protest, we recommend “The John Carlos Story” by John Carlos and Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org — a gripping read for gr. 7 to adult! See ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/jo...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 16, 1968: Olympics Black Power SaluteTommie Smith and John Carlos made a symbolic protest while the U.S. national anthem was played in the Olympics.

zinnedproject.orgFists of Freedom: An Olympic Story Not Taught in SchoolBy Dave Zirin It has been almost 44 years since Tommie Smith and John Carlos took the medal stand following the 200-meter dash at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and created what must be considered…

OPHR central demands: - restore Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight boxing title; - remove Avery Brundage as head of International Olympic Committee; - hire more African American coaches; & - disinvite South Africa & Rhodesia from Olympics. #tdih 1968 ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-o...

zinnedproject.orgWhat We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party — but ShouldBy Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian Black Panther Party history holds vital lessons for today’s movement to confront racism and police violence, yet textbooks either misrepresent or minimize the…

“Black Panther Party history holds vital lessons for today’s movement to confront racism & police violence, yet textbooks misrepresent or minimize the significance of Black Panthers.” — Adam Sanchez & @jessehagopian.bsky.social, “What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party but Should” More ⬇️

zinnedproject.orgOct. 15, 1902: Chemist Warns Burning Coal May Lead to Boiling EarthSwedish chemist Svante Arrhenius calculated that burning fossil fuels (coal) will, over time, lead to a hotter Earth. His findings led the way for the emergence of modern climate science and a better…

#tdih 1902 Chemist warned that burning coal could lead to heating planet (later called “greenhouse effect.”) Shows how long industry has known of dangers of fossil fuel extraction. One of many entries in our Climate Crisis Timeline. #TeachClimateJustice More ⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ar...

10/15: In celebration of 60th anniv. of Black Panther Party’s founding, BLM @ School is hosting a virtual panel discussion w/ Aaron Dixon, @jessehagopian.bsky.social, & more. Learn significance of BPP & see how their legacy of resistance is just as pertinent today. More: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

zinnedproject.orgOct. 14, 1916: Paul Robeson Excluded from Rutgers Football TeamAs a sophomore, Paul Robeson was excluded from the Rutgers Football team because another team refused to play against a Black player.

#tdih 1916 An opposing team refused to play against an African American. Instead of standing by full team, Rutgers pulled Paul Robeson from the game. After 1956 HUAC testimony, they removed his name from 1918 College Football All-American roster. 🧵 Read ⬇️

zinnedproject.orgRobeson, Robinson, and Resistance: Athletes, Artists, and the Struggle for LiberationRethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with Howard Bryant about his book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. This class is part of the Zinn…

For many young people today, the once world-famous name Paul Robeson has largely been erased from history. On 10/26, join our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class w/ @howardbryantbooks.bsky.social for “a reappraisal of one of the great Americans.” More: www.zinnedproject.org/news/robeson...

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Federal agents from the DHS raided the Washington, D.C., home of Congressmember Ilhan Omar on Monday. Omar has faced years of racist targeting from President Trump over her ethnicity and immigrant background. She immigrated to the United States as a refugee from Somalia when she was a child.

democracynow.org“Bogus”: Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed on DHS Raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. HomeOn Monday, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security raided the Washington, D.C., home of Congressmember Ilhan Omar. Omar has faced years of racist targeting from President Trump over he...