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Established by a former Boston University student of Zinn's and two nonprofit organizations (Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) while he was alive, the Zinn Education Project is Howard Zinn's legacy to middle- and high-school teachers and their students.
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922–January 27, 2010) was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist. His life’s work focused on a wide range of issues including race, class, war, and history, and touched the lives of countless people. Zinn grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class, immigrant household.
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922–January 27, 2010) was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist.
Zinn is the author of dozens of books, including the classic A People’s History of the United States and Declarations of Independence. His essays have appeared in over 20 books and his plays include Emma, Unsafe Distances, and Marx in Soho.
Aug 24, 2022 · Zinn was a leading critic of the Vietnam War, who published one of the most influential books calling for its end, Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal (1967). In A People’s History, Zinn...
As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of our country’s greatest battles — the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women’s rights, racial equality — were carried out at the grassroots level against bloody resistance.
Aug 25, 2022 · Zinn was an author, professor, and anti-war activist. His seminal book, A People’s History of the United States, revealed a different, dissident perspective on the historical arc of...
You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History. Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 2002, updated in 2018 with a foreword by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. 232 pages. An engaging memoir by Howard Zinn which offers his life history in the context of the politics and events of his lifetime.
Aug 24, 2022 · After witnessing the horrors of World War II as a bombardier, Zinn became a peace and justice activist who picketed with his students at Spelman College during the civil rights movement and...
Jan 28, 2010 · Political activist, author and educator Howard Zinn died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 87. He will be best remembered for his seminal book "The People's History of the United States,"...
