Born #tdih 1868: William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, one of most important scholars of 20th century. Sociologist, historian, Pan-Africanist, author, editor; co-founder of @NAACP, leader of Niagara Movement, and editor of NAACP’s @thecrisismag. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/web-…
"One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. . . The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that . . . it paints perfect man & noble nations, but it does not tell the truth." ― W.E.B. DuBois
"The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery." -- W. E. B. Du Bois | To #TeachReconstruction, begin w/ Du Bois's "Black Reconstruction in America," 1st published in 1935. #peopleshistory #teachoutsidetextbook zinnedproject.org/materials/blac…
"At first [the American Negro] was driven from the polls in the South by mobs and violence; and then he was openly cheated; finally by a ‘Gentlemen’s agreement’ with the North," -- @NAACP petition to UN, by W.E.B. Du Bois & others. #TeachVotingRights See⬇️ zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/appe…
"It is not Russia that threatens the U.S. so much as Mississippi…[I]nternal injustice done to one’s brothers is far more dangerous than the aggression of strangers from abroad." -- @NAACP petition to U.N., by W. E. B. Du Bois & others about lynching, segregation, and much more.
As described in this article by @VincentIntondi, W. E. B. Du Bois was outspoken against nuclear weapons. #BlackHistoryMonth zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…
Learn much more about W. E. B. Du Bois and find dozens of photos in "W. E. B. Du Bois: The Prime Minister of the State We Never Had" by Bill Strickland online at @SchomburgCenter here: exhibitions.nypl.org/africanaage/es… As the Cold War intensified, the Council on African Affairs

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#PresidentsDay weekend: "Nowhere in all this information is there any mention of fact that more than one in four U.S. presidents were involved in human trafficking and slavery." -- Read ⬇️by @HowardU prof. Clarence Lusane, "Black History of White House" zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…
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@pbsnewshour reads a "letter to past presidents." #PresidentsDay
Clint Smith, in video above, has a new book (in June). "How the Word is Passed" -- an examination of how monuments & landmarks (incl. for U.S. presidents) represent — and misrepresent — central role of slavery in U.S. history and its legacy today. Read ⬇️
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#tdih 1968 Over 1,100 sanitation workers in Memphis went on strike and marched for better wages, safe working conditions, and the right to join a union. (The most recent catalyst was death of co-workers Echol Cole and Robert Walker.) Read below & thread. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sani…
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#tdih 1951, Paul Robeson submitted a petition (edited by William Patterson) to the U.N. titled, “We Charge Genocide: The Crime of Government Against the Negro People,” signed by almost 100 U.S. intellectuals and activists. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/we_c…
With the Cold War raging, the U.S. gov't maneuvered to prevent the U.N. Commission on Human Rights from formally debating or even considering the charges brought in the petition.

[One of countless examples of the white supremacist goals/purpose of "Cold War" and McCarthyism.]
U.S. corporate media gave scant coverage to the petition or the crimes it documented. The few Gov't officials who commented on the petition described it as “Communist propaganda.” Elsewhere in world [& in US Black press] it was well received & extensively covered in the press.
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4 Dec 20
#tdih 1969. Assassination of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark -- shot to death by police in their Chicago apartment. #terrorism

Read more below and find lessons to teach about COINTELPRO and Black Panthers. #BlackLivesMatter zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/blac…
Learn about about Fred Hampton’s childhood (including a connection to Mamie Till), organizing, and murder from this tweet thread by high school teacher and ZEP teacher organizer/curriculum writer Ursula Wolfe-Rocca.
See “The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther,” an interview with lawyer Jeffery Haas (co-founder of the People’s Law Office) on @democracynow democracynow.org/2009/12/4/the_…
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"If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one." -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917 in Montgomery Cty, Miss. Hamer and thousands more Mississippians took one of boldest moves in U.S. history to fight for real democracy in nat'l elections. zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fann…
"Black people know what white people mean when they say 'law and order.'" -- Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917.

Read profile (ideal for gr 6+) of Hamer with primary docs & interview at @snccdigital here: snccdigital.org/people/fannie-… (In photo below with Ms. Ella Baker & more.)
“You can pray until you faint, but if you don’t get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” -- Fannie Lou Hamer, born #tdih 1917.

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"What was the language used by American Indians? Choices: German, English, Spanish, none at all." Entire page ⬇️for students about Native Americans via @studiesweekly is full of lies. Pull immediately! (& vet rest of their materials) TY Calif. parent who sent this, sounded alarm!
We recommend that everyone read and share "Tips for Teachers: Developing Instructional Materials about American Indians" by @debreese & @JeanMendoza2016 (also authors of "Indigenous Peoples' History") here: …ansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2020/10/tips-f… And check out @UCBHSSP for recommended resources.
There is NO excuse for using materials that lie about Native American history.

The @SmithsonianNMAI provides invaluable lessons online via Native Knowledge 360. Read and share the link below. #teachoutsidetextbook #peopleshistory americanindian.si.edu/nk360
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