Our Mission

Humanizing History™ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, providing free social studies resources for educators and families. Through compelling, multiracial, facts-based narratives, Humanizing History™ inspires and empowers educators and families who want to talk to kids about race, culture, and our collective human story — in ways that debunk stereotypes and enhance empathy and connection.

Our Values

Humanizing History™ is facts-based and non-partisan. Our focus is not to “delete” history, instead, we aim to expand it. We believe no racial, ethnic, or cultural identity is superior or inferior to another. We also believe in nuance, and that no group is a monolith, meaning there is great diversity within and across social identities, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, and/or culture.

Our approach is “a way” to have a discussion or teach a lesson, it’s not “the only” way.

How is Humanizing History™ Making a Positive Impact?

Effective storytelling — in the form of facts-based history — can expand awareness, debunk stereotypes, and enhance empathy and connection. How we tell the human story matters, yet teachers and caregivers who want to talk to kids about race and culture face a big challenge: when they were students themselves, they likely did not receive a comprehensive facts-based education on race, or U.S. and World history — the contributions of millions of people remained hidden.

Humanizing History™ aims to bridge that gap — providing informative, brief, developmentally appropriate, culturally expansive, multiracial histories. It’s an antiracist, humanizing approach to social studies, or how we connect the past to our present — empowering those whose work is inspiring the next generation.

Sign up for Humanizing History™ & every Tuesday we’ll send you a newsletter. 

Every month, our newsletters will have a specific theme (i.e., “Land Shapes People & People Shape Land”).

Each week, our focus will rotate by category:

1. “Racial Literacy 101” – our newsletters that examine facts and frameworks to expand our understanding of race, culture, and antiracist approaches

2. “Multiracial Hidden Histories” – our newsletters that feature facts-based biographies to highlight contributions of people throughout U.S. and World history

3. “How To” – our newsletters that feature recommendations for teaching or discussing our humanizing historical content with children 

4. “Field Trip” – our newsletters that highlight significant historic, archaeological, and/or cultural sites around the world

5. “Banned Together” – our newsletters that feature recommendations for books (including “banned” books) and other resources

Join our growing community, so you too can expand how you tell the human story.