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Presented by the Zinn Education Project
A Collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change
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The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated the United States
By Richard Rothstein
We share a national myth that residential segregation is de facto. It is a myth embraced not only by conservatives, but by liberals as well. It is perpetuated by our standard high school history curriculum, in which commonly used textbooks routinely describe segregation in the North as de facto, mysteriously evolved without government direction. Yet, as The Color of Law recounts, the myth is false. Federal, state, and local governments deliberately segregated residential areas of every metropolitan area of the nation, designed to ensure that African Americans and whites would have to live separately.
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"The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated the United States" is the
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Book Events
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This Weekend: Two Events at the
Zinn Education Project Booths
Catch Richard Rothstein, author of "The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated the United States" and
The Color of Law, this weekend.
Saturday, 11/18, 10:30-11:30 am | Book signing | NCSS
Sunday, 11/19, 1:30-2:30 pm | Book Talk | Howard Zinn Book Fair
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People's History Strand at Major National Conference
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NCSS: Ten People's History Sessions
The Zinn Education Project is thrilled to share that 10 people's history workshops will be presented at the National Council for the Social Studies conference. Topics include climate change, COINTELPRO, reckless capitalism and feminist poetry, and the abolition movement. Plus much more! Check out the schedule.
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This Friday! People's History Trivia Night in San Francisco!
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People's History
Trivia Night
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THIS FRIDAY!
San Francisco
The Women's Building
Nov. 17, 6-9pm
Food, bar, prizes, and fun!
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Howard Zinn Book Fair: "The World We Want"
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 The
Howard Zinn Book Fair will take place on
Sunday, Nov. 19 at City College - Mission Campus. A theme of the book fair is "Black Reconstruction in Our Times." Stop by the Zinn Education Project and Rethinking Schools tables and check out books, materials, and several workshops.
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You Can Bring People's History to Students Across the U.S.
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The goal of the Zinn Education Project is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history.
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