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Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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AERO - The Education Revolution
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Sometimes there's a misconception that this approach is meant as an exemption from accountability and is immune to rigor. In most cases, the reality is the opposite.

#learnerdirected #freedomtolearn #EducationFreedom
October 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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lovingsquadstore.bsky.social
Lovingsquad
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Capture the spirit of independence with the Tennessee Knoxville Campus Freedom shirt. For those who stand for knowledge, expression, and collegiate pride.
Get It Now: lovingsquad.com/product/tenn...
#UTFreedom #VolPride #CampusLife #FreedomToLearn #Lovingsquad
October 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM Everybody can reply
astralwavelength.bsky.social
Astral Wavelength
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Academic freedom is essential. 📚

Teachers deserve freedom to teach. Students deserve freedom to learn. We deserve truth without political interference.

Defend academic freedom. ✨

#AcademicFreedom #NoKings #DefendEducation #FreedomToLearn
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM Everybody can reply
zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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ekimellnea.bsky.social
Ekimellnea
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Too many rules in school can shut down young minds. We should let kids think, ask, and dream freely.
#FreedomToLearn #EducationMatters #QuoteOfTheDay
Interferes With My Learning: Einstein on Education’s Limits
Interferes with my learning—Einstein’s quote shows how rigid education systems can block curiosity, creativity, and real understanding.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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badassteachersbats.bsky.social
Badass Teachers Association
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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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humanistsoftopeka.bsky.social
humanistsoftopeka.bsky.social
@humanistsoftopeka.bsky.social
When those in power try to control what we know or think, what responsibility do we have to resist — and how can we do it ethically?

#Humanism #FreedomToLearn #CriticalThinking #QuestionAuthority #EthicalResistance
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM Everybody can reply
zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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Zinn Education Project
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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.

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn

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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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Not a teacher? You are needed to defend the right to teach this history.
-- ENGAGE in school boards & library boards
-- DEMAND the #FreedomtoLearn at rallies & other public events (too often K-12 education is ignored, you can change that.)
-- WRITE an op-ed
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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 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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More reasons teachers signed up last week at ZEP site ⬇️

Meanwhile, Steve Bannon said today that "one-third of K-12+ teachers are terrorists."

So, in addition to teaching young people in midst of era of mis-information & fear -- teachers are targets themselves.

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn
To download lessons for Constitution Day. — Willits, California I find that ZEP has many valuable resources that I would like to use in my classroom. — Nashville, Tennessee I am registering to download lessons because TurningPointUSA has been aggressively promoting their free “education” (indoctrination) materials in our local homeschool community. — Lebanon, Oregon I have long suspected that public education is not adequately serving our students, and this site seems to embody possibilities for improvement. I look forward to getting involved! — Baltimore, Maryland
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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Teachers & librarians have challenged censorship & attacks since (latest round) spring of 2021.

While education is central to the fascist agenda, it is not getting adequate attention from progressive forces.

We need your support.

Defend #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️
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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.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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Read many more stories from teachers about their plans to teach truthfully about the Constitution ⬇️

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn

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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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Learn more about the Reconstruction era & how it is taught (or not) in ZEP report ⬇️

Just as more teachers #TeachOutsideTextbook about Reconstruction & more, the GOP is passing laws to criminalize those lessons.

NOT a coincidence.

Defend #FreedomtoLearn
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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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 Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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#LaborDay is a time to remind ourselves of the importance of solidarity — that progress comes when people recognize that we need each other and organize together.

We offer free lessons on labor history #FreedomtoLearn ⬇️

Art by @rlmartstudio.bsky.social
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Labor History Censored on Labor Day
Lessons, books, articles, films, and upcoming events on labor history.
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September 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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#BacktoSchool Clinton, Tenn.

Black students went to Clinton HS, backed by Brown v. Board ruling.

Next day (#tdih 1956), White Citizens Council & Klan riot in Clinton. #Terrorism

Read⬇️ & see book for gr 7+.

Defend #FreedomtoLearn about this history today.
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Sept. 1, 1956: Clinton Desegregation Crisis
The White Citizens Council and Ku Klux Klan launched full-scale rioting in Clinton, Tennessee in response to school desegregation.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM Everybody can reply
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Zinn Education Project
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"A people who cannot remember their past are a people who cannot resist a fascist future," in "Why Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian matters" by @kimberlecrenshaw.bsky.social and Jason Stanley via @theguardian.com

Defend the #FreedomtoLearn and #TeachTruth

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Why Trump’s attack on the Smithsonian matters | Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley
The president’s assault on US museums, education and memory is a critical dimension of his fascist aims
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August 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM Everybody can reply
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project
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Teachers in Florida and nationally who bravely #TeachTruth about Florida history and relevance today are harassed & threatened.

Speak out. Support teaching outside textbook at school boards, local elections, social media, letters to editor, op-eds, rallies, & more. Defend #FreedomtoLearn
People’s History Banned in Florida
In the face of attempts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban AP African American studies, social justice books, and critical race theory in K–12 schools (and DEI in public colleges), we take a look...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM Everybody can reply
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