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Published: May 21, 2026 16:31
Join educators nationwide who are teaching truthfully about the American Revolution during #America250. To protect studentsā right to learn & strengthen our justice movements, we must defend teaching peopleās history. Help us fill the map & exploreā¦
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Published: May 21, 2026 14:28
#tdih 1796, Ona Judge carefully, strategically, and bravely freed herself from bondage by the most powerful family in the U.S., George & Martha Washington. Judge lived rest of life as fugitive. Check out young readersā version of excellent book byā¦
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Published: May 21, 2026 11:58
To teach about Cuba in the face of intensified U.S. attacks, we recommend including this 32 min., classroom-friendly documentary on the story of 100,000 Cuban teenagers, most of them girls, who participated in Cubaās highly effective 1961 literacyā¦
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Published: May 21, 2026 00:24
Did you know that Section 4 of the 14th Amendment (a Reconstruction Amendment) bars payments to insurrectionists? Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social of @the14thcenter.bsky.social offers an urgent, reader-friendly, legal & history lesson ā¬ļø š§µā¦
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Published: May 20, 2026 18:34
Teach Truth Day of Action events are happening across the country. Check out these announcements for inspiration, and join an event or start planning your own! ā¬ļø Explore more ways to make your voice heard & defend the freedom to learn: š§µā¦
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Published: May 20, 2026 16:31
#tdih 1963 In rare exception to white supremacist only voice allowed on Mississippi TV (& most radio), NAACP field sec. Medgar Evers gave 17-min. speech on a Jackson station on voting & labor rights. Evers was murdered 3 weeks later. š #TeachTruth Readā¦
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Published: May 20, 2026 14:04
What do we actually know about the history of abortion care in the U.S.? In light of recent legislation, itās crucial for young people to understand how access has shifted over time. This primary source collection invites inquiry. ā¬ļø Explore timeline +ā¦
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Published: May 19, 2026 23:55
When students write a reparations bill, what harms do they name? As @scmaestra.bsky.social says below, none of their students chose Jan. 6. #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/students-design-reparations-bill/ ā¦
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Published: May 19, 2026 20:07
EdTrust @edtrust.bsky.social launching Educator Advisory Council for Pā12 teachers w/ 5+ years experience serving students of color & low-income students. Members are paid to review EdTrust work, share policy feedback, advance education justice, & join PDā¦
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Published: May 19, 2026 16:44
Q: Shouldnāt we keep politics out of public education and prohibit teachers from indoctrinating students? Are you ready to answer this question? This Thursday, learn how to respond to this and more at our Teach Truth Media Workshop. Register now:ā¦
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Published: May 19, 2026 14:43
#tdih 1975, protest of police beating of Chinese American Peter Yew, who'd intervened to stop NYC police beating a teen. Demands for end to discrimination in housing, education, employment, health, more. Chinatown businesses: āClosed to Protest Policeā¦
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Published: May 18, 2026 20:27
āI found ZEP while researching environmental racism & injustice. It's crucial that my students study this topic because they live in a city surrounded by industrial sectors that pollute their neighborhoods.ā ā HS science teacher, San Fernando, California ā¦
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Published: May 18, 2026 15:04
#tdih 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson SCOTUS decision. Horrific ruling. Did you know the case was initiated (with hopes of a ruling for justice) by ComitĆ© des Citoyens in NOLA? They raised funds, developed strategy, secured lawyer, and much more to challengeā¦
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Published: May 17, 2026 22:43
"On 3rd anniversary of Brown on May 17, 1957, civil rights leaders called for a āPrayer Pilgrimageā . . . Civil rights & faith leaders, & elected officials demanded compliance with Brown & rallied in favor of Black voting rights." -- @sifill.bsky.socialā¦
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Published: May 17, 2026 20:39
"Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children. . ." ā Father Daniel Berrigan #tdih 1968, Md.: Catonsville Nine burned draft records with homemade napalm. More + films ā¬ļø š§µ#TeachOutsideTextbookā¦
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Published: May 17, 2026 13:17
#tdih 1954. SCOTUS Brown v. Board ruling. Lessons should include long history of organizing by Black teachers & community, devastating impact when Black tchrs/admin were not hired for desegregated schools, & ongoing #terrorism to maintain white supremacy.ā¦
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Published: May 16, 2026 18:49
Are you teaching about the struggle for voting rights? Learn from history how to challenge the gutting of the VRA, how to get out the vote, and how to defend the results when the administration tries to strip them. #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth Freeā¦
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Published: May 16, 2026 16:52
#tdih 1950 SC African American parents filed lawsuit for equal educ. called Briggs v. Elliott. They all paid taxes; but district spent on each white student ($221), Black student ($45). Faced brutal backlash š: fired from jobs, denied right to purchaseā¦
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Published: May 16, 2026 14:56
Tuning in. #TeachVotingRights [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 16, 2026 13:55
As thousands convene in Selma for "All Roads Lead to the South" (blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/) here are 10 key points in the āpeopleās historyā of the Selma struggle for voting rights that we all can learn from ā key points that are needed especiallyā¦
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Published: May 16, 2026 01:01
What a beautiful way to share people's history. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 15, 2026 21:14
#FridayReport: This week 169 teachers signed up at ZEP for peopleās history lessons from Colorado Springs, CO; Decatur, GA; Lexington, KY; Brooklyn, NY; & many more cities. #TeachTruth Some reasons why. ā¬ļø
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Published: May 15, 2026 18:03
Join us for a āMedia Workshopā on Thursday, May 21. This participatory workshop shares effective media strategies and gives participants time to practice responding to Teach Truth FAQS and American Revolution FAQs in small groups. More info and register:ā¦
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Published: May 15, 2026 15:22
#tdih 1970 in Mississippi: Police opened fire on students (& passersby) at protest of U.S. invasion of Cambodia at Jackson State. Phillip L. Gibbs (21) & James E. Green (17) were killed. šJust 11 days after Kent State & two years after Orangeburgā¦
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Published: May 14, 2026 21:03
Students donāt just study movements; they meet those inside them. Brigitte Charrausā students ālovedā the Black Panther Party mixer: āIt was a way for students to engage & learn about the people behind the movement.ā The lesson helped them understand theā¦
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Published: May 14, 2026 18:52
In the founding era, āthe new U.S. shredded treaties and treated Indigenous communities as obstacles that we needed to have erased.ā KimberlĆ© W. Crenshaw (of @aapf.org) explains why she supports ZEP's Teach Truth About the American Revolution campaign: š§µ ā¦
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Published: May 14, 2026 16:30
#tdih 2022 In an act of terrorism, 10 people were killed š in a massacre by a white supremacist at Buffalo grocery store. Listen to āName. Age. Detail.ā via @thisamericanlife.org. Essay portraits by @michaelharriot.bsky.social, @eveewing.bsky.social &ā¦
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Published: May 13, 2026 18:38
NEW lesson. āBeyond Loyalists and Patriots: Black & Native Americans Fight for Their Freedom in the U.S. War of Independence.ā How people navigated the American Revolution and chose sides. Free to download ā¬ļø š§µā¦
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Published: May 13, 2026 16:12
AI is āincredibly unpopular technology,ā essentially being forced on people, says writer @astra.bsky.social. Communities are resisting new data centers & billionaire Big Tech agenda. @karenhao.bsky.social describes costs behind AI boom in āEmpire ofā¦
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Published: May 13, 2026 14:12
#tdih 2011 Scholastic Inc. officially cut their partnership with coal industry after campaign by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & others to demand Scholastic stop distributing free lessons to 4th grade classrooms across the U.S. about ābenefitsā of coalā¦
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Published: May 13, 2026 00:51
Yes, @trevondlogan.bsky.social's quote ā¬ļø is why we must #TeachReconstruction. Young people need & deserve to be equipped w/ the knowledge of ALL that was accomplished & how it was rolled back so they can recognize & resist the same white supremacistā¦
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Published: May 12, 2026 21:08
Later today: ZEP campaign director @jessehagopian.bsky.social at @redwineblueusa.bsky.social on what MAGA wants young people to learn about the American Revolution, what they are censoring, and how we can reclaim the narrative and the #FreedomtoLearn. ā¦
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Published: May 12, 2026 17:00
Ex-marine and activist Guido Reichstadter recently scaled D.C.ās Frederick Douglass Bridge to protest the war on Iran. How does his action echo earlier anti-war movements? Teach about resistance to the Vietnam War with āRemembering the Fort Hood Threeā: š§µā¦
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Published: May 12, 2026 14:22
āWe see that there must be a radical redistribution of economic & political power . . . we have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society.ā ā Dr. Martin L. King #tdih 1968 Poor People's Campaignā¦
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Published: May 11, 2026 19:41
Don't miss the āTeaching for Black Livesā study group info session tonight at 7pm ET! Come learn how to start a study group in your own community. How are you teaching about Black lives in this moment? Join educators committed to teaching honest people'sā¦
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Published: May 11, 2026 16:43
What happens when you bring banned books into your community & talk about censorship in history? āLast summer we did a #TeachTruth event where we brought out various banned books...we had great conversations w/ our community members and got a lot of themā¦
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Published: May 11, 2026 14:25
#tdih 1973: Charges against whistleblowers Dan Ellsberg & Tony Russo dismissed in Pentagon Papers trial. The top secret in the papers?: The HISTORY & role of U.S. in Vietnam War. Peopleās history teachers are whistleblowers, every day!ā¦
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Published: May 10, 2026 21:53
One more reason to fight data centers: ". . . significant drop in the math scores of 3rd graders who attend schools near the centers, which emit harmful pollutants linked to asthma & other health problems." -- @hechingerreport.org onā¦
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Published: May 10, 2026 18:37
Ruby Duncan ignited āMother Power,ā mobilizing a welfare rights group to march down the Las Vegas Strip demanding dignity, justice, democratic participation, and an adequate income in 1971. Watch "Storming Caesars Palace" doc via Kanopy. ā¬ļø #MothersDayā¦
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Published: May 10, 2026 11:25
"The tyranny of the mob is enabled by those who refuse to recognize the threat, who rationalize the mobās aims, or who ā like the elites of the 1830s ā avoid discussion of the racial enmity at its core." -- @sarahkendzior.bsky.social in 2016, relevantā¦
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Published: May 10, 2026 11:13
#tdih "Arise, then, women of this day! Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.ā -- Julia Ward Howe, 1870 #MothersDay Proclamation Don't let Hallmark co-opt (profit from) day, give gift of #FreeBlackMamasā¦
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Published: May 9, 2026 17:09
"In the 1960s we organized against the killings & brutality of white supremacists trying to stop Black people from voting. We know what it means to face the darkness & despair of the America envisioned by this [Louisiana v. Callais] decision." -- SNCCā¦
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Published: May 9, 2026 15:16
#tdih 1933, Helen Keller wrote to students in Germany who planned on burning books deemed āun-German,ā including Kellerās "How I Became a Socialist." In her letter, she wrote: "Do not imagine that your barbarities to the Jews are unknown here. . ." Readā¦
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Published: May 8, 2026 20:15
#FridayReport: This week 184 teachers signed up at ZEP for peopleās history lessons from Long Beach and San Francisco, CA; Portage, IN; Warwick, NY; Farmville, VA; & many more cities. #TeachTruth Some reasons why. ā¬ļø
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Published: May 8, 2026 16:38
#tdih 1959 Palo Verde, La Loma, & Bishop were close-knit Mexican American communities, founded in 1840s, that the city of LA destroyed to make way for land that would be used for Dodger Stadium. Longtime residents were displaced from homes andā¦
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Published: May 7, 2026 16:44
āIn a time when honest discussions about race & history are under attack, this study group has been a vital source of strength & resilience.ā ā Nicole Seymour & Jennifer Osalbo, Teaching for Black Lives study group coordinators Join May 11 info session:ā¦
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Published: May 7, 2026 15:13
Most students think they know all about Rosa Parks. āI use Jeanne Theoharisā lesson on her book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Students loved it b/c they didnāt know anything about her besides her action on the bus.ā ā Sierra Phillips A classā¦
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Published: May 7, 2026 14:46
Check out and share this whole thread on Coretta Scott King. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Published: May 7, 2026 13:47
āPray not for your mom and pop. Theyāve gone to heaven. Pray you can make it through this hell.ā ā Rev. George Lee Shot to death #tdih 1955 because he used pulpit & printing press to urge African Americans to vote in Belzoni, Miss. Led local NAACP. ā¬ļø š§µā¦
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Published: May 6, 2026 22:54
#tdih 1882, Chinese Exclusion Act signed, prohibited all immigration of Chinese as laborers to U.S. White supremacist violence against Asian Americans increased, including 1885 Rock Springs Massacre in Wyo. š Art from Alice St. Mural, Oakland #AAPIHM ā¦
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Published: May 6, 2026 17:49
"We have to be willing to speak against power, to backtalk against all those who tell us itās impossible, because we know itās not impossible. Itās happened before. It can happen again." -- @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social via @democracynow.org Watchā¦