Rosa Parks is one of the most well-known U.S. women of the 20th century and yet much of what has been taught about her is narrow, limited, and at times wrong. This is changing thanks to the release in 2021 of the young adult book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and a new film with the same title — both based on the Parks’ biography by Jeanne Theoharis.| Zinn Education Project
Book — Non-fiction. By Jeanne Theoharis. 2013. 320 pages. A revealing window into Rosa Parks’ politics and years of activism.| Zinn Education Project
Book — Non-fiction. By Jeanne Theoharis. 2018. 282 pages. A non-academic, popular historiography that challenges educators to revamp curriculum to include a fuller, more critical history of the Civil Rights era.| Zinn Education Project
The Zinn Education Project is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South Time: Oct 27, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86298535253?pwd=kSNxZDr5Q0IcLI6CRQv3cVOQG5fEZe.1 Meeting ID: 862 9853 5253 Passcode: 342964 --- One tap mobile +13052241968,,86298535253# US +13092053325,,86298535253# US --- Dial by your location • +1 305 224 1968 US • +1 309 205 33...| Teaching for Change
Online classes for educators on teaching the Black Freedom Struggle. People's historians interviewed by classroom teachers and teacher educators.| Zinn Education Project
Book — Non-fiction. 2025. By Jeanne Theoharis. 400 pages. Illustrates how King’s time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago — outside Dixie — was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice.| Zinn Education Project
When our grandfather died in 1986, he left a manilla envelope in his desk for his youngest son, Jim. “My dad’s writings” was printed across the face, and inside were withered pages no one had ever seen, written in an Armenian script none of us could read. So, our Uncle Jim asked around to learn …| The Armenian Weekly
Historian Jeanne Theoharis discussed her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. This class was part of the Zinn Education Project’s Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online people’s history series.| Zinn Education Project