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Teachers and allies across the country pledged to #TeachTruth on June 11 and 12, 2022.

They made their pledges at historic sites to provide examples of the history that teachers are required to lie about or omit where the GOP anti-history bills become law.

Many of the events involved walking tours, and even one by kayak, to historic sites. Check out a few sites below and many more online.

William Byron Rumford Statue, Berkeley, California

African American Civil War Memorial, Washington, DC

"What Sonia Said" Sculpture, Decatur, Georgia

Anne Arundel County Public Library, Pasadena, Maryland

Dan River, Danbury, North Carolina

Music Festival, Providence, Rhode Island

We ask EVERYONE (including YOU) reading this news post to help expose the right's anti-history education agenda and be visible in defense of teaching people's history.

Don't let the right control the narrative.

What is required? A sign, a historic site, and you. 

We look forward to seeing your photo on social media. Just tag #TeachTruth.

We are delighted that Michelle Coles donated 52 copies of her book about Reconstruction, Black Was the Ink, for young people in support of our Teach Truth campaign. Coles and illustrator Justin Johnson signed the copies.

We offer these to educators in appreciation for teaching stories about any of the Teach Reconstruction lessons and/or using the Reconstruction report as a text in a high school or teacher education class.

Reconstruction is one of the topics threatened by the “anti-CRT” bills, as Jesse Hagopian noted in GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Prevent Students from Learning About Reconstruction.

The National Museum of African American History (NMAAHC) and the Zinn Education Project are offering a two-day workshop for 30 middle and high school teachers on teaching about Reconstruction.

The workshop will be in person at NMAAHC, with time for participants to explore the special exhibit, Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies.

Teaching people's history is under attack. Your donation helps us support teachers and provide more free people's history lessons.

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