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HOWARD ZINN 1922–2010

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922–January 27, 2010) was a historian, author, professor, playwright, and activist.

Biography

Zinn was a historian, 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 many people.

Articles & Interviews

In addition to writing books, Zinn wrote articles, had several columns, and participated in numerous interviews. Many of these are available here in print, audio, and video.

Bibliography

Zinn was the author of many books, including A People’s History of the United States, SNCC: The New Abolitionists, the play Emma, and his autobiography You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train.

Featured News

Indian Resistance and Thanksgiving Declarations

By Howard Zinn. Excerpt from A People’s History of the United States.
For Indigenous Peoples Day and the run up to Thanksgiving, we highlight Native American resistance in the 1960s and 70s. As Howard Zinn wrote in Chapter 19 of A People’s History of the United States, “Never in American history had more movements for change been concentrated in so short a span of years.”

2024 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jelani Cobb

On October 29, Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer and dean, Columbia Journalism School, was the featured speaker at the 2024 Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. The name of Cobb’s talk was “The Half-Life of Freedom, Race, and Justice in America Today.”

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Image: Howard Zinn in his office by Ted Polumbaum/Newseum.