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People's Historians Podcast
by Zinn Education Project
Welcome to the People’s Historians Podcast from the Zinn Education Project. In light of the popularity of our online mini-classes centered around teaching the Black Freedom Struggle, we’ve converted our online sessions to a podcast with the hope of increasing the teaching of Black lives in the classroom and beyond.
Episodes
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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea (with Marcus Rediker)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Marcus Rediker about his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the...
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Until the Last Gun Is Silent (with Matthew Delmont)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with historian Matthew Delmont about his book, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul. Read…
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On a MOVE: Repairing Histories of State Violence (with Mike Africa Jr. and Krystal Strong)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with activist Mike Africa Jr. and scholar Dr. Krystal Strong about the story of the MOVE organization, repairing histories of state violence, and the “On a MOVE” curriculum project in…
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Jarvis Givens on Black History Month
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts Jesse Hagopian and Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with historian Jarvis Givens about his book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month. At a time when Black history is under attack, this book…
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Black History Is for Everyone (with Brian Jones)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with educator Brian Jones about his book, Black History Is for Everyone, a look at how the study of Black history challenges our understanding of race, nation, and the stories we tell about who…
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Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, educator Jessica A. Rucker speaks with scholar Joshua Clark Davis about his book, Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back. Read about the event and find related...
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King of the North: Part Two (with Jeanne Theoharis)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, renowned civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill speaks with historian Jeanne Theoharis about her book, King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South. Read about the event and find related resources.
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How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and educator and Prentiss Charney Fellow Jessica Rucker speak with Clint Smith about the new young readers edition of How the Word Is Passed: Remembering Slavery and How it Shaped America, which was...
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Traveling Black: A Long Journey of Resistance with Mia Bay
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Mia Bay about her book Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Black Teachers: A Pedagogy of Organized Resistance (with Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with historians Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry about the history of Black educators and the new Black Teacher Archive. Read about the...
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Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with historian Mary Frances Phillips about her new book, Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins. Read...
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King of the North: Martin Luther King's Freedom Struggle Outside of the South
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Jeanne Theoharis about Martin Luther King’s activism and organizing in the North. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Reconstruction Robbery: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Justene Hill Edwards about her book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank. Read about the event and find related resources.
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The Healing of Organized Remembering: The Struggle to Teach Truth
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with our host, Jesse Hagopian, about his latest book, Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with scholar Orisanmi Burton about his book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, which argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within…
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Racism and Resistance in the North During the Civil Rights Movement (w/ Brian Jones)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with scholar Brian Jones about the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and ways that those stories can be included in the curriculum. Read about the event and find related resources.
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We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance (w/ Kellie Carter Jackson)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian and Cierra Kaler-Jones speak with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson about her book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, which is a reframing of the past and present of Black resistance — both...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on Reparations and Climate Justice
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts, Jesse Hagopian and Cierra Kaler-Jones speak to Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò about his book Reconsidering Reparations. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jessica Rucker speaks to Julius B. Fleming Jr. about the role of Black theater in the Black Freedom Struggle and the concept of “Black patience.” Read about the event and find related resources.
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Everyday Solidarity Interracial Organizing Stories from The Sum of Us
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones and Rethinking Schools co-editor Jesse Hagopian speak to Heather McGhee about The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone, the young readers’ edition of her...
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad on The Condemnation of Blackness
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts educators Jesse Hagopian and T. J. Whitaker spoke to historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad about his book The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, which examines the idea of Black...
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Michael Hines on the Fight for Black History in Schools
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones and Rethinking Schools co-editor Jesse Hagopian speak to historian Michael Hines about his book, A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and...
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Blair L. M. Kelley on Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks to historian Blair L. M. Kelley about her book, Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class. Read about the event and find related resources
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Teaching About the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, educator Jessica Rucker speaks with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veterans Courtland Cox, Jennifer Lawson, and Judy Richardson. They discussed the SNCC Legacy Project and lessons that can be learned...
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Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw on Teaching Truthfully About U.S. History
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones speak to Kimberlé Crenshaw, a brilliant scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist...
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Howard French on Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with career foreign correspondent and global affairs writer Howard W. French about his 2021 book, Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World,...
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Linda Villarosa on Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with Pulitzer Prize finalist Linda Villarosa about her 2022 book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation, where she...
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Kidada Williams on I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Prentiss Charney Fellow Jessica Rucker speaks with historian Kidada E. Williams about her 2023 book, I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction. The book offers a…
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Jeanne Theoharis on Starring Mrs. Rosa Parks: Film Excerpts and Behind the Scenes Commentary
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Jeanne Theoharis about Rosa Parks’ activism prior to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, her trip to the Highlander Folk School, and the decades she dedicated to...
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Dayo Gore on Want to Start a Revolution? Black Women Radicals Confront the Red Scare
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Dayo Gore about Black women radicals active in the revolutionary struggle during the Red Scare. They also discuss Gore’s book Want to Start a Revolution?:...
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Matt Delmont on “We Return Fighting”: The Black Freedom Struggle During World War II
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, historian Jeanne Theoharis speaks with historian Matt Delmont about his book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad, which tells the stories of how Black people...
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Ashley Farmer on Queen Mother Moore, Black Nationalism, and the Centuries-long Fight for Reparations
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Zinn Education Project leadership team member Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with author Ashley Farmer about the life of Queen Mother Audley Moore, an important proponent of Black Nationalist thought, reparations, and...
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Alaina Roberts on Black Freedom on Native Land
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Zinn Education Project leadership team member Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with historian Alaina Roberts about the Reconstruction-era connections between Black freedom and Native American citizenship in the context of...
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People’s History Commemoration of Howard Zinn’s 100th Anniversary
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts, sports historian Dave Zirin and Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian spoke with several guest speakers about the life and legacy of Howard Zinn, whose 100th birthday was commemorated in August 2022. Guest…
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Kelly Lytle Hernández on the 1910 Mexican Revolution
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, historian Nancy Raquel Mirabal, speaks with historian Kelly Lytle Hernández about the magonistas, insurgents who challenged Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz and U.S. imperialism in the early 20th century. They discuss...
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Kidada E. Williams “Seizing Freedom”
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Kidada E. Williams about the imaginative, defiant ways that Black people sought and enacted freedom throughout U.S. history. They discuss Williams’s...
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Johanna Fernández on the Young Lords
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools co-editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with historian Johanna Fernández about the history of the Young Lords, the Puerto Rican counterpart of the Black Panther Party. They discuss Fernández’s book, The…
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Vikki Law on Myths About Mass Incarceration
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Rethinking Schools co-editor Jesse Hagopian speaks with journalist Vikki Law about the root causes and outcomes of mass incarceration. They discuss Law’s book, “Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths About Mass...
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Martha Jones on Black Women in the Fight for Voting Rights
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Zinn Education Project leadership team member Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with historian Martha S. Jones about the role of Black women in the long and ongoing fight for voting rights. They discuss Jones’s book…
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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You Won’t Read About in Textbooks
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher, speaks to Brooklyn College Professor of Political Science and author, Dr. Jeanne Theoharis, about her recent article, Martin Luther King Knew That Fighting Racism Meant Fighting...
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Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our hosts, educators Jesse Hagopian and Cierra Kaler-Jones, speak to assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Jarvis Givens, about his book, Fugitive Pedagogy: CG Woodson & the Art of Black Teaching....
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher, speaks to The Nation sports editor and host of the Edge of Sports Podcast, Dave Zirin, about his book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Zirin talks...
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Until Justice be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jessica Rucker, a high school teacher, speaks to Teach Reconstruction campaign advisor and Northwestern University history professor Kate Masur about her book, Until Justice be Done: America’s First Civil Rights...
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Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian, a high school teacher and Rethinking Schools editor, facilitates a conversation between authors Jeff Chang and Dave “Davey D” Cook on their new young adult version of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop...
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When South African Apartheid Was Overthrown: Lessons for the Movement for Black Lives Today (with Gerald Lenoir)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with Gerald Lenoir about lessons from the South African movement to overthrow apartheid. Read about the event and find related resources.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (with Cierra Kaler-Jones and Clint Smith)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, Zinn Education Project team member Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with Clint Smith about his book How the Word Is Passed, an examination of how monuments and landmarks represent — and misrepresent — the central role of slavery in…
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The Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex (with Garrett Felber and Stephen Wilson)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with Garrett Felber and Stephen Wilson about the growth of the prison industrial complex and resistance movements. Read about the event and find related resources.
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The Atlanta Washerwomen’s Strike with Tera W. Hunter
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, professor Jeanne Theoharis speaks with Tera W. Hunter about Black women’s fight for labor and voting rights. Read about the event and find related resources.
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A Black Women’s History of the United States with Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, Education Anew Fellow Cierra Kaler-Jones speaks with Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross about their book, A Black Women’s History of the United States. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Julian Bond and the Southern Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Georgia (with Jeanne Theoharis, Pamela Horowitz, and Judy Richardson)
In this episode, from our series on Teach the Black Freedom Struggle, our host, Jesse Hagopian speaks with SNCC veteran Judy Richardson and co-editors Jeanne Theoharis and Pamela Horowitz about Julian Bond and the Southern Civil Rights Movement. Read about the event and find related resources.
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Welcome to the People’s Historians Podcast from the Zinn Education Project. In light of the popularity of our online mini-classes centered around teaching the Black Freedom Struggle, we’ve converted our online sessions to a podcast with the hope of increasing the teaching of Black lives in the classroom and beyond.
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