Stevie (Stephen) Wilson is an incarcerated prison organizer and educator. In this clip, he shares what he believes teachers and students should know about prisons and the people inside them.

Stevie (Stephen) Wilson is an incarcerated prison organizer and educator. In this clip he talks about the relationship between environmental racism and where prisons are located. 

Long-time social justice teacher Elizabeth Davis interviewed by Zinn Education Project co-director Deborah Menkart.

Davis discusses how modeling good citizenship is just as important as teaching it.

Davis recounts attending the Senate Commemorative Anniversary Celebration of Brown v. Board with eight of her students. She shares how one of her students challenged the Senators on the current injustice of de-facto segregation.

Elizabeth Davis inspires her students to launch a campaign to preserve their school as a national landmark of school desegregation.

Elizabeth Davis discusses what influences contributed to her political education.

Elizabeth Davis describes the discrimination she and her female students faced in her first year of teaching, and how this set her on a life-long path for social justice.

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.

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.