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

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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
329
study groups across the country
3887
copies of the book given away
111767
downloads of Black history lessons
3795
teachers in study groups
5410
teachers took online classes
964200
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

August 21, 2024 in Events

Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups 2024–2025

August 2024 (until spots are filled): The Zinn Education Project is accepting applications for Teaching for Black Lives educator study groups for the 2024–2025 school year. Apply today! Each year…
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August 17, 2024 in Events

An American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Monday, November 18, 2024: Documentary filmmaker Yoruba Richen and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Wilmington 1898: An American Coup, a new PBS documentary directed by Richen…
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August 12, 2024 in Events

Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt

Monday, December 2, 2024: Scholar Orisanmi Burton and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Burton’s book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long…
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