In collaboration with longtime Lincoln Center partner Voices of a People's History, the David Rubenstein Atrium honors the centenary of Zinn's birth with Voices of a People's History of the United States. This spoken word and musical celebration of our nation’s rich history of dissent, sets Zinn’s subjects’ words to music, alongside protest songs by rebels and visionaries of our past and present.

NYU Portraits is an annual, performance-based event featuring a dynamic cast of student and celebrity performance artists, speakers, and trailblazers. This NYU tradition is a vibrant and exciting showcase where historical and contemporary movements for justice and equity come together on stage to inspire social change.

During this webinar, educators will learn about the organization, Voices of a People's History, learn how they can get involved, experience part of the Voices curriculum, and receive resources for their classrooms.

Using the history and narratives they’ve explored this year, students will present artistic pieces covering topics within disability justice, from disabled representation in the arts to neurodivergent student self-advocacy.

This latest iteration of our now seven-year-long partnership with Lincoln Center.

Scholars and authors Imani Perry (Looking for Lorraine) and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. will discuss the 50th anniversary of the National Black Political Convention, an under-acknowledged landmark assertion of the Black freedom struggle.

Lincoln Center's 2021 Poet-in-Residence Mahogany L. Browne (Black Girl Magic) and poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor (Mama Phife Represents), will join Zakiya Collier to discuss and read aloud from Sister Outsider, collected essays from the iconic activist, author, and poet Audre Lorde.

Author and historian Donna Murch (Assata Taught Me) and journalist Chenjerai Kumanyika (cohost of Uncivil podcast) will join Zakiya Collier to discuss author W.E.B. Du Bois' 1935 text Black Reconstruction, which foregrounded the role of Blacks forging our democracy.

This musical celebration of our nation’s rich history of dissent sets Zinn's subjects’ words to music, alongside protest songs by rebels and visionaries of our past and present.