Zinn Education Project
@zinnedproject.bsky.social
Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
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Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
#TDIH 1946 Black WWII vet Isaac Woodard beaten & blinded by white SC police chief.
Learn how Woodard & NAACP organized, and Orson Welles took up his case on the air, in new @radiodiaries.bsky.social
series. They galvanized support for Army desegregation." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/is...
Learn how Woodard & NAACP organized, and Orson Welles took up his case on the air, in new @radiodiaries.bsky.social
series. They galvanized support for Army desegregation." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/is...
Feb. 12, 1946: Isaac Woodard Blinded by Police
Isaac Woodard Jr., a Black army sergeant, was beaten and left blind in both eyes by white police officers within hours of being discharged from the army.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
#TDIH 1946 Black WWII vet Isaac Woodard beaten & blinded by white SC police chief.
Learn how Woodard & NAACP organized, and Orson Welles took up his case on the air, in new @radiodiaries.bsky.social
series. They galvanized support for Army desegregation." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/is...
Learn how Woodard & NAACP organized, and Orson Welles took up his case on the air, in new @radiodiaries.bsky.social
series. They galvanized support for Army desegregation." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/is...
#tdih 1990, Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years.
The U.S. government classified Mandela a terrorist.
While Mandela was in jail, U.S. corporate investment in apartheid South Africa grew, & Ronald Reagan had policy of “constructive engagement.” 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ma...
The U.S. government classified Mandela a terrorist.
While Mandela was in jail, U.S. corporate investment in apartheid South Africa grew, & Ronald Reagan had policy of “constructive engagement.” 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ma...
Feb. 11, 1990: Mandela Released from Prison
Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa after 27 years.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
#tdih 1990, Nelson Mandela released from prison after 27 years.
The U.S. government classified Mandela a terrorist.
While Mandela was in jail, U.S. corporate investment in apartheid South Africa grew, & Ronald Reagan had policy of “constructive engagement.” 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ma...
The U.S. government classified Mandela a terrorist.
While Mandela was in jail, U.S. corporate investment in apartheid South Africa grew, & Ronald Reagan had policy of “constructive engagement.” 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ma...
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WIB’s Alvin Buyinza spoke with the @zinnedproject.bsky.social to compile a list of 5 free resources that educators can use to teach truth this Black History Month. Check it out here: wordinblack.com/2026/01/5-fr...
February 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
WIB’s Alvin Buyinza spoke with the @zinnedproject.bsky.social to compile a list of 5 free resources that educators can use to teach truth this Black History Month. Check it out here: wordinblack.com/2026/01/5-fr...
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
"We have been deprived of enjoying the profits of our labor. . . and now are, taxed. . . " #tdih 1780.
Paul Cuffee and other free African Americans petitioned Mass. gov't to either give African and Native Americans the right to vote or to stop taxing them. 🧵
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Paul Cuffee and other free African Americans petitioned Mass. gov't to either give African and Native Americans the right to vote or to stop taxing them. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...
Feb. 10, 1780: Paul Cuffe and Other Free Blacks Petition for the Right to Vote
Paul Cuffee and other free Blacks petitioned the Massachusetts government to give African and Native Americans the right to vote.
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February 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"We have been deprived of enjoying the profits of our labor. . . and now are, taxed. . . " #tdih 1780.
Paul Cuffee and other free African Americans petitioned Mass. gov't to either give African and Native Americans the right to vote or to stop taxing them. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...
Paul Cuffee and other free African Americans petitioned Mass. gov't to either give African and Native Americans the right to vote or to stop taxing them. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...
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“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 AM
“The SAVE Act will require voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections…”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
“Only half of Americans hold a valid passport…Birth certificates are also problematic for many married women [whose] name may be different than the name on her birth certificate.”
Don't miss the chance to watch "The Librarians" @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social, streaming on @pbs.org Independent Lens.
See the campaign to censor books and ideas, and the courageous educators who are pushing back. #TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
Watch here:
www.pbs.org/independentl...
See the campaign to censor books and ideas, and the courageous educators who are pushing back. #TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
Watch here:
www.pbs.org/independentl...
The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens
The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.
www.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Don't miss the chance to watch "The Librarians" @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social, streaming on @pbs.org Independent Lens.
See the campaign to censor books and ideas, and the courageous educators who are pushing back. #TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
Watch here:
www.pbs.org/independentl...
See the campaign to censor books and ideas, and the courageous educators who are pushing back. #TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
Watch here:
www.pbs.org/independentl...
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
"In a time of monsters, Bad Bunny was posing an alternative world: a place where laborers are seen & celebrated, where hurricanes and their victims aren’t forgotten, and where community — not atomization — fuels society." -- @edgeofsports.bsky.social
& much more ⬇️
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
& much more ⬇️
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl
The Puerto Rican artist’s performance was a gleeful rebuke of Trump’s death cult and a celebration of life.
www.thenation.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
"In a time of monsters, Bad Bunny was posing an alternative world: a place where laborers are seen & celebrated, where hurricanes and their victims aren’t forgotten, and where community — not atomization — fuels society." -- @edgeofsports.bsky.social
& much more ⬇️
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
& much more ⬇️
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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...the 1950s story is also key to understanding the problem with blinkered news reporting these days.
The first line of this article says, "College professors once taught free from political interference..."
No, they did not. ALL teachers have always taught in fishbowls.
The first line of this article says, "College professors once taught free from political interference..."
No, they did not. ALL teachers have always taught in fishbowls.
Professors Are Being Watched: ‘We’ve Never Seen This Much Surveillance’
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
...the 1950s story is also key to understanding the problem with blinkered news reporting these days.
The first line of this article says, "College professors once taught free from political interference..."
No, they did not. ALL teachers have always taught in fishbowls.
The first line of this article says, "College professors once taught free from political interference..."
No, they did not. ALL teachers have always taught in fishbowls.
#tdih 1950 Wisc. Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech in WV; he claimed to hold list of known communists (“enemies from within”) in U.S. State Dep't.
Ask students:
What was the impact of McCarthyism on labor, civil rights, & anti-colonial movements? 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mc...
Ask students:
What was the impact of McCarthyism on labor, civil rights, & anti-colonial movements? 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mc...
Feb. 9, 1950: Sen. Joseph McCarthy Announces "Enemies Within"
Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech at the McLure Hotel during which he claimed to hold a list of known communists in the U.S. State Department.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
#tdih 1950 Wisc. Senator Joseph McCarthy delivered a speech in WV; he claimed to hold list of known communists (“enemies from within”) in U.S. State Dep't.
Ask students:
What was the impact of McCarthyism on labor, civil rights, & anti-colonial movements? 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mc...
Ask students:
What was the impact of McCarthyism on labor, civil rights, & anti-colonial movements? 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mc...
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Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Commenting on energy injustice is now the floor for any halftime act.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
Looking for pre-K - 12 books for libraries, classrooms, and everywhere on Puerto Rico and the diaspora?
Here are some recommendations from @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books. socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/pu...
Here are some recommendations from @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books. socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/pu...
Puerto Rico | Social Justice Books
Recommended books for pre-K - 12.
socialjusticebooks.org
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Looking for pre-K - 12 books for libraries, classrooms, and everywhere on Puerto Rico and the diaspora?
Here are some recommendations from @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books. socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/pu...
Here are some recommendations from @teachingchange.bsky.social's Social Justice Books. socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/pu...
"White supremacists up the ante w/ organized violence when it becomes clear that they're not going to be able to stop Black people from seizing their freedom." - @kidadaewilliams.com via @npr.org Throughline ⬇️ on Reconstruction, fight against Klan, DOJ, & 14th Amendment.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
The Man Who Took On The Klan : Throughline
In 1871, Ku Klux Klan violence in South Carolina got so bad that the governor sent a telegram to President Ulysses S. Grant warning that he was facing a state of war. Grant sent him Amos Akerman: a fo...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"White supremacists up the ante w/ organized violence when it becomes clear that they're not going to be able to stop Black people from seizing their freedom." - @kidadaewilliams.com via @npr.org Throughline ⬇️ on Reconstruction, fight against Klan, DOJ, & 14th Amendment.
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...
You've heard of Kent State (1970) & maybe Jackson State (1970).
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 💔 🧵
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 💔 🧵
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...
Feb. 8, 1968: Orangeburg Massacre
Two years before the Kent State murders, 28 students were injured and three were killed in Orangeburg, South Carolina — most shot in the back by the state police while involved in a peaceful protest.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
You've heard of Kent State (1970) & maybe Jackson State (1970).
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 💔 🧵
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...
Did you know #tdih 1968, 28 students were injured and three killed (one a HS student) — most shot in the back by state police while involved in a peaceful protest in Orangeburg, SC? 💔 🧵
Read ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/or...
"This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom." — Carter G. Woodson
#tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...
#tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...
Feb. 7, 1926: Carter G. Woodson Launched Negro History Week
Carter G. Woodson initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
"This crusade is much more important than the anti-lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom." — Carter G. Woodson
#tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...
#tdih 1926, Woodson initiated Negro History Week which led to Black History Month. 🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ca...
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Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
Sept. 28, 1829: An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, one of the most important documents of the 19th century.
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February 7, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Coming soon from me is a zine about the significance of David Walker's Appeal published in 1829. Hard to overstate how incendiary it was. It engendered a censorship frenzy in Southern states. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ap...
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Dr. Ernest Morrell was a legendary scholar and multifaceted leader who helped pave the way for critical English education as a practice. We express limitless gratitude for his service to NCTE and his invaluable contributions to literacy education and ELA teachers everywhere. https://bit.ly/3LYyx2W
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Dr. Ernest Morrell was a legendary scholar and multifaceted leader who helped pave the way for critical English education as a practice. We express limitless gratitude for his service to NCTE and his invaluable contributions to literacy education and ELA teachers everywhere. https://bit.ly/3LYyx2W
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Thank you for this beautiful post about my late mother. ❤️
Before SC, Patricia S. Due held a "jail-in" in Fla.
Due’s refusal to post bail "gave CRM a new tactic in struggle for equality. It was a tactical breakthrough that filled the jails & put pressure on the gov't." — Paul Ortiz
More ⬇️cc
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
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Due’s refusal to post bail "gave CRM a new tactic in struggle for equality. It was a tactical breakthrough that filled the jails & put pressure on the gov't." — Paul Ortiz
More ⬇️cc
@tananarivedue.bsky.social
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...
Feb. 20, 1960: Patricia Stephens Due Called for “Jail, No Bail”
#tdih On Feb. 20, 1960, Patricia Stephens Due was fined and arrested for sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Tallahassee, Florida. Due refused to pay a fine and chose to stay in j...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thank you for this beautiful post about my late mother. ❤️
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On today's AI slop from the president: The world is watching us. Our children are watching us. And anything short of outright condemnation, outrage and reflection on the systemic failures that brought us here—the consistent apologies or obscuring of racism in our national discourse—is unacceptable.
February 7, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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This week 259 teachers signed up @ ZEP for people’s history lessons in Whittier, CA; Winter Springs, FL; Zachary, LA; Detroit, MI; Bellevue, NE; Buffalo, NY; Raleigh, NC; Charleston, SC; White Bluff, TN; & more.
Some reasons why. ⬇️
Help us reach more classrooms: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
Some reasons why. ⬇️
Help us reach more classrooms: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This week 259 teachers signed up @ ZEP for people’s history lessons in Whittier, CA; Winter Springs, FL; Zachary, LA; Detroit, MI; Bellevue, NE; Buffalo, NY; Raleigh, NC; Charleston, SC; White Bluff, TN; & more.
Some reasons why. ⬇️
Help us reach more classrooms: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
Some reasons why. ⬇️
Help us reach more classrooms: www.zinnedproject.org/donate/
"Paying bail or fines indicates acceptance of immoral system and validates the arrests."
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
Feb. 6, 1961: "Jail, No Bail" in Rock Hill, South Carolina Sit-Ins
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, South Carolina to sit-in.
www.zinnedproject.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
"Paying bail or fines indicates acceptance of immoral system and validates the arrests."
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
#tdih 1961, SNCC sent four volunteers to Rock Hill, SC to sit-in.
When arrested, they said: “Jail, No Bail.” (Also useful tactic when funds are low.) #TeachTruth
See ⬇️🧵
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ja...
Powerful reminder of what educators need now.
“In an increasingly polluted educational environment where educators, children, curriculum, and truth are under attack, reading this book is fresh air…” -Sonja Cherry-Paul
The Archaeology of Self by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
bookshop.org/a/7256/97810...
“In an increasingly polluted educational environment where educators, children, curriculum, and truth are under attack, reading this book is fresh air…” -Sonja Cherry-Paul
The Archaeology of Self by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
bookshop.org/a/7256/97810...
Archaeology of Self: The Introspective Educator's Guide to Racial Literacy
The Introspective Educator's Guide to Racial Literacy
bookshop.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Powerful reminder of what educators need now.
“In an increasingly polluted educational environment where educators, children, curriculum, and truth are under attack, reading this book is fresh air…” -Sonja Cherry-Paul
The Archaeology of Self by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
bookshop.org/a/7256/97810...
“In an increasingly polluted educational environment where educators, children, curriculum, and truth are under attack, reading this book is fresh air…” -Sonja Cherry-Paul
The Archaeology of Self by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
bookshop.org/a/7256/97810...