A Campaign of the Zinn Education Project, coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change

Join the Campaign

The Teaching for Black Lives campaign provides teachers support, resources, and encouragement to teach young people honestly about systemic racism and how to organize for justice.

Watch this 3-minute video on the campaign.

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Support for Educators

Through classes, study groups, workshops, and free curriculum and resources, educators can join a national network of teachers, school librarians, counselors, administrators, and school staff who are defying efforts to ban what students can learn in school by vowing to teach for Black lives.

BOOK

STUDY GROUPS

LESSONS

CLASSES

Howard Barry

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We must support educators organizing to turn classrooms and schools into sites of resistance, justice, joy, and liberation, and to combat racism and anti-Blackness.

Racial justice educators are fighting back — and they need your help. Join us.

Our Movement is Growing

United States with pink dots indicating past and present study group locations
228
study groups across the country
2780
copies of the book given away
70,783
downloads of Black history lessons
3795
teachers in study groups
4,000
teachers took online classes
650000
students reached by teachers in study groups and online classes

Help us double the numbers!

Make a donation through the Zinn Education Project today, and indicate your contribution is for the “Teaching for Black Lives” campaign.

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Events & Announcements

February 6, 2023 in Events

Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups 2023–2024

From April through August: The Zinn Education Project is accepting applications for Teaching for Black Lives educator study groups for the 2023–2024 school year. Apply today! Each year the Zinn…
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February 4, 2023 in Events

Teach Truth Day of Action

Saturday, June 10, 2023: Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth and defend LGBTQ+ rights. The situation is…
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February 4, 2023 in Events

Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on Teaching Truthfully About U.S. History

Monday, June 12, 2023: Scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw will discuss the importance of teaching truthfully about U.S. history and why teaching this history is so crucial today. Crenshaw, co-founder and executive…
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Campaign Partners

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