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MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
SEPT. 4, 1875: CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE The Reconstruction era Clinton Massacre began on Sept. 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were running for political office in the upcoming November elections. The immediate death toll included five African American and three white men. Over the next several days, an estimated fifty African Americans were killed. JULY 7, 1903: MARCH OF THE MILL CHILDREN On July 7, 1903, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones began the March of the Mill Children from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island summer home in Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the harsh conditions of child labor and to demand a 55-hour work week. During this march, Jones delivered her famed “The Wail of theChildren” speech.
MARCH 8, 1971: FBI'S COINTELPRO EXPOSED March 8, 1971: FBI’s COINTELPRO Exposed. On March 8, 1971, a cab driver, a day care provider, and two professors broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole more than 1,000 classified documents that they then mailed anonymously to several U.S. papers. They were members of the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate theFBI.
TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
SEPT. 4, 1875: CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE The Reconstruction era Clinton Massacre began on Sept. 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were running for political office in the upcoming November elections. The immediate death toll included five African American and three white men. Over the next several days, an estimated fifty African Americans were killed. JULY 7, 1903: MARCH OF THE MILL CHILDREN On July 7, 1903, Mary Harris “Mother” Jones began the March of the Mill Children from Philadelphia to President Theodore Roosevelt’s Long Island summer home in Oyster Bay, New York, to publicize the harsh conditions of child labor and to demand a 55-hour work week. During this march, Jones delivered her famed “The Wail of theChildren” speech.
MARCH 8, 1971: FBI'S COINTELPRO EXPOSED March 8, 1971: FBI’s COINTELPRO Exposed. On March 8, 1971, a cab driver, a day care provider, and two professors broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, and stole more than 1,000 classified documents that they then mailed anonymously to several U.S. papers. They were members of the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate theFBI.
MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from #TEACHTRUTH DAY OF ACTION Here are images from the June 12 Day of Action for teachers to share their pledges to #TeachTruth at historic sites. The Day of Action is in response efforts by GOP lawmakers to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. NEWS - ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Register for this June 7, 2021 online class, when Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian will discuss the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement, and then engage with educators about how it is relevant to their students' lives and the movement for Black lives today. NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. DEC. 9, 1864: EBENEZER CREEK MASSACRE On Dec. 9, 1864, on the march to Savannah, hundreds or thousands of African American families who had just escaped from slavery were left to drown by Sherman’s Army. This is referred to as the Massacre at Ebenezer Creek. “On the pretence that there was likely to be fighting in front, the negroes were told not to go upon thepontoon-bridge
SEE #TEACHTRUTH IN ACTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events. It’s also a day of action to raise awareness of the dangers of lying to students about the existence and persistence of structural and systemic racism, and all forms of oppression. PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH DAY OF ACTION: RICHMOND Saturday, June 12, 9:00 am. 318 Arthur Ashe Boulevard. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY SERIES As a part of a national day of action, Tennessee educators will gather in downtown Memphis for a solidarity walk to highlight historical markers that describe events in Memphis history that teachers would be forced to lie or omit facts about in order to ensure compliance withthe new law.
NEWS - ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT As a part of a national day of action, Tennessee educators will gather in downtown Memphis for a solidarity walk to highlight historical markers that describe events in Memphis history that teachers would be forced to lie or omit facts about in order to ensure compliance withthe new law.
TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
TEACHING MATERIALS
A Year of Pandemic, Rebellion, and Learning Together. Beginning in late March 2020, the Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Dr. Theoharis and dozens of scholars and activists, launched online classes for educators with people’s historians. Continue reading. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
WITNESS TO APARTHEID: A TEACHING GUIDE This Witness to Apartheid teaching guide was developed for the 1986 Academy Award nominated documentary film of the same name, directed by Sharon I. Sopher. The teaching guide was written to provide a week’s lessons which help students experience the frightening—but, paradoxically, hopeful—world of South Africa under apartheid. OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
SEPT. 4, 1875: CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE The Reconstruction era Clinton Massacre began on Sept. 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were running for political office in the upcoming November elections. The immediate death toll included five African American and three white men. Over the next several days, an estimated fifty African Americans were killed. TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
TEACHING MATERIALS
A Year of Pandemic, Rebellion, and Learning Together. Beginning in late March 2020, the Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Dr. Theoharis and dozens of scholars and activists, launched online classes for educators with people’s historians. Continue reading. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
WITNESS TO APARTHEID: A TEACHING GUIDE This Witness to Apartheid teaching guide was developed for the 1986 Academy Award nominated documentary film of the same name, directed by Sharon I. Sopher. The teaching guide was written to provide a week’s lessons which help students experience the frightening—but, paradoxically, hopeful—world of South Africa under apartheid. OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
SEPT. 4, 1875: CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI MASSACRE The Reconstruction era Clinton Massacre began on Sept. 4, 1875, in the small town of Clinton, Mississippi at a Republican rally to introduce the party’s candidates who were running for political office in the upcoming November elections. The immediate death toll included five African American and three white men. Over the next several days, an estimated fifty African Americans were killed. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading.TEACHING MATERIALS
A Year of Pandemic, Rebellion, and Learning Together. Beginning in late March 2020, the Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Dr. Theoharis and dozens of scholars and activists, launched online classes for educators with people’s historians. Continue reading. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from THE FIRST DECORATION DAY Pride of place as the first large scale ritual of Decoration Day, therefore, goes to African Americans in Charleston. By their labor, their words, their songs, and their solemn parade of flowers and marching feet on their former owners’ race course, they created for themselves, and for us, the Independence Day of the Second AmericanRevolution.
WHITE SUPREMACIST MASSACRES Here is a list of some of the countless white supremacist massacres of African Americans in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, and/or labor rights of African Americans. While often referred to as “race riots,” they were massacres to maintain white supremacy TENNESSEE EDUCATORS' OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEE May 12, 2021. Governor Bill Lee Tennessee State Capitol 1st Floor 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37243. RE: House Bill 580 / Senate Bill 623, 112th Tennessee General Assembly Dear Governor Lee, As a coalition of concerned teachers, education leaders, and community members of diverse backgrounds from across all three Grand Divisions of the State of Tennessee, we IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY SERIES As a part of a national day of action, Tennessee educators will gather in downtown Memphis for a solidarity walk to highlight historical markers that describe events in Memphis history that teachers would be forced to lie or omit facts about in order to ensure compliance withthe new law.
EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE When: This Saturday, June 12th from 10:30 am – Noon Where: Meet at the corner of Adams and B.B. King (167 Adams Ave), the site where Confederate General and Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, Nathan Bedford Forrest ran a slave market from 1854 to 1860. At 11am we’ll walk towards the marker for the 1866 Memphis Massacre at Army Park, and finish at the National Museum of Civil Rights. DAY OF ACTION: PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH Day of Action: Pledge to Teach the Truth. Teach Truth to Change the Future. Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events.STEPHANIE MELENDEZ
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TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants.TEACHING MATERIALS
A Year of Pandemic, Rebellion, and Learning Together. Beginning in late March 2020, the Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Dr. Theoharis and dozens of scholars and activists, launched online classes for educators with people’s historians. Continue reading. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants.TEACHING MATERIALS
A Year of Pandemic, Rebellion, and Learning Together. Beginning in late March 2020, the Zinn Education Project, in collaboration with Dr. Theoharis and dozens of scholars and activists, launched online classes for educators with people’s historians. Continue reading. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from THE FIRST DECORATION DAY Pride of place as the first large scale ritual of Decoration Day, therefore, goes to African Americans in Charleston. By their labor, their words, their songs, and their solemn parade of flowers and marching feet on their former owners’ race course, they created for themselves, and for us, the Independence Day of the Second AmericanRevolution.
WHITE SUPREMACIST MASSACRES Here is a list of some of the countless white supremacist massacres of African Americans in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, and/or labor rights of African Americans. While often referred to as “race riots,” they were massacres to maintain white supremacy WITNESS TO APARTHEID: A TEACHING GUIDE This Witness to Apartheid teaching guide was developed for the 1986 Academy Award nominated documentary film of the same name, directed by Sharon I. Sopher. The teaching guide was written to provide a week’s lessons which help students experience the frightening—but, paradoxically, hopeful—world of South Africa under apartheid. TENNESSEE EDUCATORS' OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEE May 12, 2021. Governor Bill Lee Tennessee State Capitol 1st Floor 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37243. RE: House Bill 580 / Senate Bill 623, 112th Tennessee General Assembly Dear Governor Lee, As a coalition of concerned teachers, education leaders, and community members of diverse backgrounds from across all three Grand Divisions of the State of Tennessee, we BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER: A HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA A detailed history and analysis of African American history in the United States. The Black experience in America — starting from its origins in western Africa up to the present day — is examined in this seminal study by Lerone Bennett Jr.The entire historical timeline of African Americans is addressed, from the Colonial period through the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. DAY OF ACTION: PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH Day of Action: Pledge to Teach the Truth. Teach Truth to Change the Future. Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events. IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY SERIES Register for this June 7, 2021 online class, when Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian will discuss the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement, and then engage with educators about how it is relevant to their students' lives and the movement for Black lives today.STEPHANIE MELENDEZ
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TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. FREEDOM LIBRARIES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LIBRARIES FOR Book — Non-fiction. By Mike Selby. 208 pages. 2019. This book reveals the histories of grassroots "freedom libraries" that were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South and tells the stories of courageous people who operated and used them. SEPT. 1, 1919: LYNCHING OF WWI VETERAN CLINTON BRIGGS Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs. Article from the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 4, 1919. Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him. The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. FREEDOM LIBRARIES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LIBRARIES FOR Book — Non-fiction. By Mike Selby. 208 pages. 2019. This book reveals the histories of grassroots "freedom libraries" that were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South and tells the stories of courageous people who operated and used them. SEPT. 1, 1919: LYNCHING OF WWI VETERAN CLINTON BRIGGS Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs. Article from the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 4, 1919. Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him. The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. CRIP CAMP | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Crip Camp. Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Netflix. 2020. 107 minutes. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. Camp Jened campers. 1967. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY FOR THE CLASSROOM A People’s History for the Classroom helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.. It includes an introductory essay by veteran teacher Bill Bigelow on teaching strategies that align with Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. TEACH RECONSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN The “Make Reconstruction History Visible” mapping project is an opportunity for students and teachers to identify and advocate for recognition of Reconstruction history in their community. This helps students learn about this vital era in U.S. history while also playing an active role in giving visibility to an era that has been hidden or misrepresented for too long. WITNESS TO APARTHEID: A TEACHING GUIDE This Witness to Apartheid teaching guide was developed for the 1986 Academy Award nominated documentary film of the same name, directed by Sharon I. Sopher. The teaching guide was written to provide a week’s lessons which help students experience the frightening—but, paradoxically, hopeful—world of South Africa under apartheid. WHITE SUPREMACIST MASSACRES Here is a list of some of the countless white supremacist massacres of African Americans in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, and/or labor rights of African Americans. While often referred to as “race riots,” they were massacres to maintain white supremacy TENNESSEE EDUCATORS' OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEE May 12, 2021. Governor Bill Lee Tennessee State Capitol 1st Floor 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37243. RE: House Bill 580 / Senate Bill 623, 112th Tennessee General Assembly Dear Governor Lee, As a coalition of concerned teachers, education leaders, and community members of diverse backgrounds from across all three Grand Divisions of the State of Tennessee, we DAY OF ACTION: PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH Day of Action: Pledge to Teach the Truth. Teach Truth to Change the Future. Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events. IF WE KNEW OUR HISTORY SERIES Register for this June 7, 2021 online class, when Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian will discuss the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement, and then engage with educators about how it is relevant to their students' lives and the movement for Black lives today.STEPHANIE MELENDEZ
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TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. FREEDOM LIBRARIES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LIBRARIES FORFREEDOM CA LIBRARYFREEDOM PUBLIC LIBRARY FREEDOM NHFREEDOM PUBLIC LIBRARYNHUNTOLD FREEDOM
Book — Non-fiction. By Mike Selby. 208 pages. 2019. This book reveals the histories of grassroots "freedom libraries" that were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South and tells the stories of courageous people who operated and used them. SEPT. 1, 1919: LYNCHING OF WWI VETERAN CLINTON BRIGGS Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs. Article from the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 4, 1919. Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him. The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MAY 31, 1921: TULSA MASSACRE May 31, 1921: Tulsa Massacre. One of the most violent episodes of dispossession in U.S. history began on May 31, 1921 in Greenwood, a thriving Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. . . . African Americans did all they could to fight the fires, to no avail. Souce: Tulsa Historical Society. From May 31 through June 1, deputized whiteskilled
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 3, 1874: WHITE LEAGUE ATTACKS BLACK VOTERS On Nov. 3, 1874, deadly election “riots” took place in Barbour County, Alabama. The White League, (a paramilitary group affiliated with the Democratic party) attacked African-American voters at the polls in Eufaula and Spring Hill. Seven African-Americans were killed and 70 others wounded. More than 1,000 African-Americans were drivenaway
OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. FREEDOM LIBRARIES: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LIBRARIES FORFREEDOM CA LIBRARYFREEDOM PUBLIC LIBRARY FREEDOM NHFREEDOM PUBLIC LIBRARYNHUNTOLD FREEDOM
Book — Non-fiction. By Mike Selby. 208 pages. 2019. This book reveals the histories of grassroots "freedom libraries" that were at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South and tells the stories of courageous people who operated and used them. SEPT. 1, 1919: LYNCHING OF WWI VETERAN CLINTON BRIGGS Sept. 1, 1919: Lynching of WWI Veteran Clinton Briggs. Article from the Pine Bluff Daily Graphic, September 4, 1919. Clinton Briggs, a 26 year old WWI veteran, was walking down the street in Arkansas when a white woman brushed up against him. The woman stated he wasn’t allowed to walk on the sidewalk, he replied “This is a free man’s CRIP CAMP | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Crip Camp. Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Netflix. 2020. 107 minutes. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. Camp Jened campers. 1967. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. DAY OF ACTION: PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH Day of Action: Pledge to Teach the Truth. Teach Truth to Change the Future. Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events. WHITE SUPREMACIST MASSACRES Here is a list of some of the countless white supremacist massacres of African Americans in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, and/or labor rights of African Americans. While often referred to as “race riots,” they were massacres to maintain white supremacy A PEOPLE'S HISTORY FOR THE CLASSROOM A People’s History for the Classroom helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.. It includes an introductory essay by veteran teacher Bill Bigelow on teaching strategies that align with Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. TEACH RECONSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN The “Make Reconstruction History Visible” mapping project is an opportunity for students and teachers to identify and advocate for recognition of Reconstruction history in their community. This helps students learn about this vital era in U.S. history while also playing an active role in giving visibility to an era that has been hidden or misrepresented for too long. WITNESS TO APARTHEID: A TEACHING GUIDE This Witness to Apartheid teaching guide was developed for the 1986 Academy Award nominated documentary film of the same name, directed by Sharon I. Sopher. The teaching guide was written to provide a week’s lessons which help students experience the frightening—but, paradoxically, hopeful—world of South Africa under apartheid.STEPHANIE MELENDEZ
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BLACK POWER U.S.A.: THE HUMAN SIDE OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1867 Black Power U.S.A.: The Human Side of Reconstruction, 1867-1877 by Lerone Bennett Jr. is one of the best books on Reconstruction. It is readable for high school students. While out of print, it can be read for free online via the Internet Archive.. In the 1967 preface to the book, Bennett wrote, REMEMBERING RED SUMMER Red Summer (so deemed by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson to capture its sheer bloodiness) is a study in white rage. Throughout 1919, the exercise of Black agency — Black veterans wearing their military uniforms in public, Black children swimming in the white section of Lake Michigan, Black sharecroppers in Arkansas organizing for better TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. CRIP CAMP | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Crip Camp. Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Netflix. 2020. 107 minutes. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. Camp Jened campers. 1967. OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. DEC. 2, 1980: THREE NUNS AND LAY WORKER KILLED IN ELCHURCHWOMEN OF EL SALVADOREL SALVADOR MARTYRS On Dec. 2, 1980, three nuns (Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, and Dorothy Kazel) and one lay worker (Jean Donovan) were abducted, raped, and murdered upon their return from Comalapa International Airport in El Salvador by members of the U.S. backed National Guard. President Ronald Reagan’s administration blamed the nuns for their own murder. TEACHING PEOPLE'S HISTORY The Zinn Education Project promotes and supports the teaching of people’s history in middle and high school classrooms across the country. Based on the lens of history highlighted in Howard Zinn’s best-selling book A People’s History of the United States, the website offers free, downloadable lessons and articles organized by theme, time period, and reading level. MASSACRES IN U.S. HISTORY Here is a list of some of the countless massacres in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, religion, LGBTQ rights, and/or labor rights of African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, and immigrants. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. CRIP CAMP | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Crip Camp. Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Netflix. 2020. 107 minutes. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. Camp Jened campers. 1967. OCT. 25, 1868: ST. BERNARD PARISH MASSACRE On October 25, 1868, the first blood spilled of the St. Bernard Parish Massacre. Days later, freedman Louis Wilson was struck down from his horse and thrown in a makeshift prison by a group of white, Democratic vigilantes. Freedpeople were dragged from their homes and murdered incold blood.
DEC. 7, 1874: VICKSBURG MASSACRE On Dec. 7, 1874, the Reconstruction era “Vicksburg Massacre” occurred in Mississippi, with estimates ranging from 75 to 300 AfricanAmericans killed.
A DAY OF ACTION: EDUCATORS PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH A Day of Action: Educators Pledge to Teach the Truth. May 18, 2021. Lawmakers in at least 15 states are attempting to pass legislation that would require teachers to lie to students about the role of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and oppression throughout U.S. history. In response, educators across the U.S. are signing a pledge to teachthe truth.
MAY 1 - 3, 1866: MEMPHIS MASSACRE From May 1-3 in 1866, white civilians and police killed 46 African-Americans and injured many more while burning houses, schools, and churches in Memphis, Tennessee. No criminal proceedings were held for the instigators or perpetrators of atrocities committed during the Memphis Massacre (also referred to as the Memphis Riot). NOV. 10, 1898: WILMINGTON MASSACRE On Nov. 10, 1898, white supremacists murdered African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina and deposed the elected Reconstruction era government in a coup d’etat.. It was the morning of November 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and the fire was the beginning of an assault that took place seven blocks east of the Cape Fear River, about 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean. DEC. 2, 1980: THREE NUNS AND LAY WORKER KILLED IN ELCHURCHWOMEN OF EL SALVADOREL SALVADOR MARTYRS On Dec. 2, 1980, three nuns (Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, and Dorothy Kazel) and one lay worker (Jean Donovan) were abducted, raped, and murdered upon their return from Comalapa International Airport in El Salvador by members of the U.S. backed National Guard. President Ronald Reagan’s administration blamed the nuns for their own murder. MASSACRE | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Sept. 30, 1919: Elaine Massacre. Black farmers were massacred in Elaine, Arkansas for their efforts to fight for better pay and higher cotton prices. A white mob shot at them, and the farmers returned fire in self-defense. Estimates range from 100-800 killed, and 67 survivors were indicted for inciting violence. Continue reading. NEWS - ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Register for this June 7, 2021 online class, when Gerald Lenoir and Jesse Hagopian will discuss the history of the anti-Apartheid (SA) movement, and then engage with educators about how it is relevant to their students' lives and the movement for Black lives today. CRIP CAMP | ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT Crip Camp. Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. Netflix. 2020. 107 minutes. A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. Camp Jened campers. 1967. WHITE SUPREMACIST MASSACRES Here is a list of some of the countless white supremacist massacres of African Americans in the history of the United States. Most of these massacres were designed to suppress voting rights, land ownership, economic advancement, education, freedom of the press, and/or labor rights of African Americans. While often referred to as “race riots,” they were massacres to maintain white supremacy TENNESSEE EDUCATORS' OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR LEE May 12, 2021. Governor Bill Lee Tennessee State Capitol 1st Floor 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Nashville, TN 37243. RE: House Bill 580 / Senate Bill 623, 112th Tennessee General Assembly Dear Governor Lee, As a coalition of concerned teachers, education leaders, and community members of diverse backgrounds from across all three Grand Divisions of the State of Tennessee, we DAY OF ACTION: PLEDGE TO TEACH THE TRUTH Day of Action: Pledge to Teach the Truth. Teach Truth to Change the Future. Pledge to Teach the Truth is a commitment by educators to teach full and accurate U.S. history and current events. A PEOPLE'S HISTORY FOR THE CLASSROOM A People’s History for the Classroom helps teachers introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of U.S. history than is found in traditional textbooks and curricula.. It includes an introductory essay by veteran teacher Bill Bigelow on teaching strategies that align with Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. NUCLEAR SAVAGE: THE ISLANDS OF SECRET PROJECT 4.1 Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 is a disturbing film that helps students grasp how U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, beginning in 1946, “terrorized and traumatized” people there, in the words of a Marshallese government official. It’s hard to overstate the racism and depravity of U.S. officials who intentionally treated Marshallese—especially those from DEC. 9, 1864: EBENEZER CREEK MASSACRE On Dec. 9, 1864, on the march to Savannah, hundreds or thousands of African American families who had just escaped from slavery were left to drown by Sherman’s Army. This is referred to as the Massacre at Ebenezer Creek. “On the pretence that there was likely to be fighting in front, the negroes were told not to go upon thepontoon-bridge
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