The use of convict labor in Alabama mines was in response by the owners to earlier organizing by miners for labor unions and strikes for higher wages & better working conditions.

Those safer working conditions might have prevented the Banner explosion & other mine disasters.

#TeachOutsideTextbook

April 7, 1954: Norfolk’s African American Baseball Fans Win Desegregation Victories A successful boycott of the Norfolk Tars by Black sports fans leads the team to desegregate both the players and stadium seating.

#tdih 1954 in Virginia

A successful boycott of the Norfolk Tars by Black sports fans leads the team to desegregate both the players and stadium seating. #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/no...

Cartoon with four squares. Two people are speaking -- one reading statements by Dr. Martin Luther King, the other (with a sign that has the text Teach MLK not CRT) saying they are too radical.

Right wing twists Dr. King's words to pass laws against teaching people's history, incl. King's radical activism, in the South AND North.

Here are resources to #TeachOutsideTextbook about King & overall CRM: www.zinnedproject.org/news/mlk-jr-...
Cartoon by permission of @barrydeutsch.bsky.social

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while in Memphis to support the striking sanitation workers.

#tdih 1968 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 💔 while in Memphis to support the striking sanitation workers.

This was one year to the day after his speech at Riverside Church in NY against the U.S. war in Vietnam. #TeachOutsideTextbook ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ma...

We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration Book — Non-fiction. By Frank Abe and Tamiko Nimura; illustrated by Ross Ishikawa. 2021. 160 pages. This graphic novel tells the story of Japanese American imprisonment during World War II, and the res...

Check out the graphic novel, “We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration.”

By @frankabe.bsky.social and @tamikonimura.bsky.social; illustrated by @rossish.bsky.social
#TeachTruth #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/we...

Room full of students seated on the floor (most seen from the back) in a room with two columns, a few people standing, one with a megaphone.

“When we went in, we thought it'd be the usual group [and we'd be] dragged out [by the admin]. We turned around . . . and there were hundreds of students who joined the protest & took over the entire building.” — Tony Gittens. Photo by Charles Del Vecchio via Washington SPARK #TeachOutsideTextbook

March 17: St. Patrick's Day Challenging myths about the Irish Potato Famine.

#StPatricksDay #tdih Did you know that during the first winter of famine, 1846-47, as perhaps 400,000 Irish peasants starved, landlords exported grain, cattle, pigs, flour, eggs, poultry — food that could have prevented those deaths. #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/st...

Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel A mixer/mystery activity on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, the Great War, the British Mandate, and more.

We offer a free lesson called ”Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel” by Bill Bigelow for high school students on Zionism, anti-Zionism, peasant resistance, Great War, the British Mandate, & more.
#TeachOutsideTextbook
Let us know if you use it. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/te...

Only The Names Have Changed
#HiddenHistory #tdih #TeachOutsideTextbook
#Vote

COINTELPRO: Teaching the FBI’s War on the Black Freedom Movement Through examining FBI documents, students learn the scope of the FBI’s COINTELPRO campaign to spy on, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt all corners of the Black Freedom Movement.

Textbooks say little of this FBI role in U.S. history, but it’s essential background for today.

High school teacher Ursula Wolfe-Rocca wrote a lesson using COINTELPRO primary docs. Students are gripped by docs.

Free ⬇️ for grades 7+ to #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/co...

Aug. 19, 1953: U.S. and Britain Topple Democratically Elected Government of Iran Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.

That's why we defend educators who #TeachOutsideTextbook. In "Disguising Imperialism: How Textbooks Get the Cold War Wrong & Dupe Students," HS teacher @ladyofsardines.bsky.social includes US-British orchestrated coup. & J. Loewen in "Lies My Teacher Told Me." ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ir...

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Book — Non-fiction. By Phillip Hoose. 2010. 160 pages. The story of Claudette Colvin, a teenager who refused to give up her seat in the year leading up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

"Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose is based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and others.

Ideal for middle school to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Colvin, impact of studying Black history, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/cl...

Transportation Protests: 1841 to 1992 — Civil Rights Teaching Reading by Julian Hipkins III and David Busch The struggle for the desegregation of transportation has a long history in the United States. This timeline outlines some key individuals and organizatio...

Claudette Colvin & Rosa Parks joined a LONG line of people who challenged segregation and other abuse on public transportation throughout U.S. history.

See this list of dozens of stories from 1841 to 1992. ⬇️And there are MANY more. #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.civilrightsteaching.org/resource/tra...

Picture of green feather with text around edge GREEN FEATHER MOVEMENT. More info: zinnedproject.org | union bug

In response to current attempts to ban books & people's history lessons, we offer Green Feather stickers to invite discussions about need to resist censorship in schools today.

Scroll to request & donation form on this page:
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/gr...
#TeachTruth #TeachOutsideTextbook

tweet by Clint Smith on importance of reading last chapter of Black Reconstruction on purple background.

The last chapter of "Black Reconstruction" by W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Propaganda of History,” is essential reading, as noted below by historian @clintsmithiii.bsky.social

#TeachReconstruction #TeachOutsideTextbook

Never Caught: The Story of Ona Judge Book — Non-fiction. By Erica Armstrong Dunbar and Kathleen Van Cleve. 2019. 272 pages. This is the true story of Ona Judge who escaped from enslavement by George and Martha Washington.

While not taught widely enough, the good news is that a lot of teachers use the young readers' book by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ⬇️ to #TeachOutsideTextbook about Ona Judge.

These are the educators the right tries to censor.

Please help defend #FreedomtoLearn.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ne...

Poetry of Defiance: How the Enslaved Resisted Students learn how enslaved people resisted the brutal exploitation of slavery, highlighting the defiance of the enslaved.

#TeachOutsideTextbook about the daily, brave, creative, strategic, skilled, widespread, constant, & dangerous resistance to slavery with lesson ⬇️ by Adam Sanchez.

Textbooks & picture books limit the history to Underground Railroad & 1 or 2 isolated uprisings.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/po...

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

Despite the long history of demands for reparations (incl. Sutton, Callie House, Queen Mother Moore, Dr. King, Black Panthers), you will find no mention in most U.S. history textbooks. #BHM2026

⬇️is a grade 7+ lesson to #TeachOutsideTextbook about reparations.
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/st...

sculpture of man (Carter Woodson) in a suit, sitting on a ledge with arm rest on books. trees in background and steps leading up to ledge

Next time you are in Washington, D.C., visit the Carter G. Woodson statue & National Park Service historic site.

See: nps.gov/cawo/index.htm

Defend right to teach and celebrate Black history in schools & national park sites. #FreedomtoLearn #TeachOutsideTextbook

📷 by @scotteabbott.bsky.social

Feb. 4, 1899: War of Philippine Independence When the United States refused to recognize Philippine independence, Philippine Republic president Emilio Aguinaldo declared war.

#tdih 1899 Philippine Republic President Emilio Aguinaldo declared war on U.S., when the U.S. refused to recognize Philippine independence.

The ASHP offers a free lesson with primary documents and 30-min. documentary "Savage Acts" to #TeachOutsideTextbook ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/wa...

Drawing of a black panther and text: Unite for a school boycott! Sept. 12 if the schools do not agree to teach heritage and history.

Find primary docs to #TeachOutsideTextbook about '64 boycott at digital NYC Civil Rights History Project.

Also, learn about:

-- 1965 boycott, led by some of same organizers as for 1964

-- 1966 boycott of Harlem schools organized by Black Panther Party ➡️ nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/boyco...

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Picture book. By Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. 2010. A picture book about the 1960 Woolworth sit-ins.

"Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down" picture book by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. #BlackHistoryMonth2026 #BHM100 #TeachOutsideTextbook

More K-12 books on organizing for desegregation: socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/ci...

www.zinnedproject.org/materials/si...

May 21, 1796: Ona Judge Escapes Enslavement by President George Washington Ona Judge escaped enslavement by U.S. President George Washington.

Don't let them erase history.

Redouble efforts to teach people's history, to #TeachOutsideTextbook, including about Ona Judge (image ⬇️ is one of those removed in Philadelphia.)

Post removed images everywhere.

Follow ATAC www.instagram.com/dontcensorus...

www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/on...

Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights Book — Non-fiction. By Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due. 2003. 416 pages. An unforgettable story of a mother-daughter journey spanning two generations of Civil Rights struggles.

Police tear gas, against young people demanding human rights, damaged Patricia Stephens Due's eyes.

She needed to wear dark glasses rest of her life.

Read "Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir" for gr. 9+.

Defend right to #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fr...

V.I.T.
VERY IMPORTANT THREAD

#HiddenHistory
#TeachOutsideTextbook
#YouAreHere

Patrice Lumumba: 50 Years Later, Remembering the U.S.-Backed Assassination of Congo’s First Democratically Elected Leader This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lumumba’s pan-Africa...

Learn about Patrice Lumumba and history of colonialism in the Congo from @democracynow.org interview ⬇️ with journalist Adam Hochschild, author of "King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa."

#TeachOutsideTextbook
www.democracynow.org/2011/1/21/pa...

Great article ⬇️ in @thebaffler.com on the supression (and organizational compliance) of social studies education.

Important to also recognize the teachers who bravely continue to #TeachOutsideTextbook b/c our future depends on it, like these on #ConstitutionDay www.zinnedproject.org/news/what-st...

Vietnam: An Antiwar Comic Book Book — Non-fiction. By Julian Bond and illustrated by T. G. Lewis. 1967. 19 pages. This "graphic novel" from the 1960s was written to provide a critical analysis of the Vietnam War in an easy to read ...

While fighting for right to hold his elected position in the Georgia House of Reps, Julian Bond wrote comic book (graphic history) ⬇️.

A history and critical analysis of Vietnam War in an easy to read, popular format.

Still relevant. #teachoutsidetextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/vi...

Poetry of Defiance: How the Enslaved Resisted Students learn how enslaved people resisted the brutal exploitation of slavery, highlighting the defiance of the enslaved.

Teach about ways that enslaved people constantly, creatively, strategically, & bravely resisted & challenged the brutal institution of slavery & white supremacy.

Free lesson ⬇️for gr 7+ from @rethinkingschools.bsky.social teaching guide to #TeachOutsideTextbook
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/po...

And so many more, dating back to invasion of Native nations and theft of land.💔 #TeachOutsideTextbook #TeachTruth