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

453
study groups across the country
5876
copies of the book given away
130,972
downloads of Black history lessons
6122
teachers in study groups
6730
teachers took online classes
1130000
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

September 5, 2026 in Events

Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In

Saturday, November 7, 2026: An opportunity for educators around the world to access classroom resources from NMAI’s online education portal Native Knowledge 360°, the Zinn Education Project, and more. This…
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September 1, 2026 in Events

Surviving Angola Prison

Monday, November 9, 2026: In conversation with author Gary Tyler about his book Stitching Freedom: A True Story of Injustice, Defiance, and Hope in Angola Prison, a memoir of a…
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August 29, 2026 in Events

Teacher Workshop: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching

Saturday, November 14: Explore new ways to teach the Civil Rights Movement by centering the people who made it possible, especially young people, women, and community organizers. Through lessons, poetry,…
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Campaign Partners

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