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Reconstruction era is critical to understanding current events. How is Reconstruction taught in your state?

Check out our report ⬇️, "Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction."

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Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle
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November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Teachers, librarians, and allies defending the right to #TeachTruth and #FreedomtoLearn Day of Action in June

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 Event Highlights
Highlights from 2025 Teach Truth events around the United States.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” -- Steve Biko, South Africa

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn #NoKings
Orange background with text that says “The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” Steve Biko #TeachTruth Headshot of Biko surrounded by graphics of a flower and leaves.
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Below is a collection of many other people of Italian heritage worthy of attention — people who have played an active role in the struggle for labor rights, gay and lesbian rights, human rights, and civil rights.
#TeachTruth Defend the #FreedomtoLearn

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Italian Americans Who Fought for Justice
Profile. Brief bios of people of Italian heritage who were committed to social justice.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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You can't learn from history if you never see the real history. Fight for the truth. #StopBanningBooks #FreedomToRead #FreedomToLearn
October 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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#BannedBooksWeek
Shout out to the teachers, librarians, & community members who hosted #TeachTruth events this year to raise awareness about danger of book bans & curriculum censorship.

See photos & stories ⬇️.

Bring #FreedomtoLearn signs to #NoKings rallies.
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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 Event Highlights
Highlights from 2025 Teach Truth events around the United States.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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The normalization of book bans & curriculum censorship has helped pave the road to where we are now. See new report ⬇️.

That is why we ask everyone to raise the alarm & defend the #FreedomtoLearn & #TeachTruth at every public event, see: www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...

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The Normalization of Book Banning
This report offers a window into the complex and extensive climate of censorship between July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Learn more about stories in "How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery & How It Shaped America" from the talk by Clint Smith ⬇️.

THIS is the history that White House seeks to suppress.

Defy censorship with copies of this book.

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How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America
Author and educator Clint Smith discussed the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How It Shaped America, which was adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul. This class was...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Meanwhile, as more teachers commit to #TeachOutsideTextbook, GOP criminalizes teaching the history in this 🧵

We ask everyone to highlight key role of K-12 education & student inquiry.

Testify at school board. Defend #FreedomtoLearn at every rally you attend. ⬇️
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Teach Truth Campaign: At Every Rally
While education is central to the fascist agenda, it is not getting adequate attention from progressive forces. You can help shine a light on education by joining the campaign to Teach Truth.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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#tdih 2020: The 1776 Commission was announced at WH Conference on American History. ZEP & 1619 Project attacked. Commission became blueprint for wave of book bans, anti-history laws, & censorship that spread in 2021 & continue today.
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Sept. 17, 2020: 1776 Commission Established
On Constitution Day in 2020, the White House convened a Conference on American History. The speakers took aim at the Zinn Education Project, Howard Zinn, and the New York Times 1619 Project.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Read many more stories from teachers about their plans to teach truthfully about the Constitution ⬇️

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Hundreds of Teachers Sign Up to Teach Truth on Constitution Day
Examples of teachers' plans for Teach Truth on Constitution Day.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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"Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words." #Resist #Persist #FreedomToRead #FreedomToLearn #TBATs #EducationMatters #EduSky
January 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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@50501supporters.bsky.social The Freedom to Learn Network wrapped up a week of activity with speeches at the Wilson Building and march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Black history is American history!
#handsoffourhistory
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May 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Growing up in Germany, Katharina Matro “was confronted with my country’s history without mercy. It’s made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory 🗃️
Teaching with Integrity: Confronting a Nation's Past
YouTube video by American Historical Association
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April 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#ProtectOurSchools #PublicSchools #PublicSchool #ProtectPublicSchools #LetThemLearn #FReadom #FreedomToLearn #OurFreedomsOurFutures
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open.substack.com/pub/joycevan.... Please write your Senators to NOT approve Linda McMahon for the Dept of Education, and to NOT allow it to be defunded‼️‼️‼️ WE NEED PUBLIC EDUCATION ‼️‼️‼️
Educate or Not
It’s no wonder that Project 2025 calls for putting an end to the Department of Education.
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December 29, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Any student with an IEP will be harmed and not receive the education they deserve! @schousedems.bsky.social
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#publiceducation #FreedomToLearn

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Trump wants to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does
President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to “put herself out of a job” and close the Education Department.
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March 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Today, teachers who pledge to teach honestly about U.S. history have names & cities published in rightwing "The Daily Wire," receive threats & calls to be fired in a well-funded, orchestrated attack.

Defend #FreedomtoLearn Listen to @jessehagopian.bsky.social ⬇️
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Jesse Hagopian on the “New McCarthyism”: As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth
As Black History Month begins, longtime educator Jesse Hagopian joins us for Part 2 of an interview about the Trump administration and right-wing attacks on education, and his new book, Teach Truth: T...
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February 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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This empowering history has long been left out of textbooks.

Now lawmakers & White House are denying young people the right to learn people's history.

Counter chilling effect by making the defense of #FreedomtoLearn visible.

Post photo at historic site on June 7 for #TeachTruth Day of Action.
Teach Truth: Show Your Support
We invite you to use the power of your social media platform to protect teachers and ensure that our children learn the truth about history so that they can shape a more just future.
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May 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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A simple cycle is giving them freedom—to learn better, arrive on time, and still have time to play. 🌟
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Join us in pedaling towards brighter futures. 💙
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#ChildHelpFoundation #BringingSmiles #SmilesOnWheels #FreedomToLearn #CycleDistribution
Children in Delhi happily riding bicycles received through Child Help Foundation’s cycle distribution drive, making their journey to school easier, faster, and joyful. Children in Delhi happily riding bicycles received through Child Help Foundation’s cycle distribution drive, making their journey to school easier, faster, and joyful. Children in Delhi happily riding bicycles received through Child Help Foundation’s cycle distribution drive, making their journey to school easier, faster, and joyful.
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Similar to anti-history ed bills, book bans, & imprisonment with no due process & for opinions today.

Instead of addressing injustice & impact of racism in past & present, GOP places gag orders on teaching about it.

Defend #FreedomtoLearn & right to protest⬇️
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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025
We invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host a mini-lesson, rally at a historic site, history walking tour, information table, or other event to defend the right to #TeachTrut...
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April 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Musk envisions a future where all children are hooked up to a computer learning exclusively from his AI platform. That's dangerous thinking. #SupportPublicSchools #FreedomToRead #FreedomToLearn
May 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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"And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?" -- W. E. B. Du Bois in "Black Reconstruction"

#TeachTruth #FreedomtoLearn
Shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth? -- quote by Du Bois and headshot in black and white
February 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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@50501movement.bsky.social The Freedom to Learn Network wrapped up a week of activity with speeches at the Wilson Building and march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Black history is American history!
#handsoffourhistory
#freedomtolearn
May 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Now Georgia teachers, & teachers all over the U.S., are told they can't teach this history.

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn

Join us to #TeachTruth on #ConstitutionDay (Sept. 17). Free lessons & other resources below. Sign up to add your city to the map.
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Teach Truth on Constitution Day
Studying the Constitution is essential — especially now, as constitutional rights are increasingly under attack. We offer activities to teach truthfully about the Constitution on Constitition Day and ...
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September 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM