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The Needs of the World vs. the University

By Howard Zinn

From the Howard Zinn Papers at New York University’s Tamiment Library, Box 18, Folder 18. Undated (estimate late 1980s).

Transcription

Conflict between the needs of the world at large, and the needs of the specific society containing the university.

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Court testimony documents, Ohio 7 on Trial group photo

Howard Zinn’s Testimony at the United Freedom Front Sedition Trial

Court testimony by Howard Zinn. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Oct. 18, 1989.
Howard Zinn's testimony on

Scare Words Leave Scars on Everyone

By Howard Zinn. Article. Newsday. January 22, 1989.
“The use of scare words is profoundly undemocratic. It stifles debate; it creates an atmosphere in which people are afraid to speak their minds, honestly, afraid to examine all ideas.”

Shall the House Committee on Un-American Activities Be Abolished?

Howard Zinn debates Fulton Lewis III at Emory University. Opening remarks by Nancy Perkins. Howard Zinn Papers, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University. February 11, 1963.
On February 11, 1963, at Emory University, Howard Zinn participated in a debate with Fulton Lewis III, a journalist and member of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), on whether HUAC should be abolished. Zinn noted this in his diary and the two-and-half hour event was recorded.

My Grades Will Not Be Instruments of War

Letter by Howard Zinn. Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
In an undated letter (probably in 1966), Zinn said that he would not allow the grades he gave to play a role in helping the United States wage immoral wars. He announced that for students with a moral opposition to the war...

Sam Lovejoy, Anti-Nukes Activist, Requests Howard Zinn to Testify | 1974

Sam Lovejoy letter to Howard Zinn. Howard Zinn Papers, New York University’s Tamiment Library. 1974.
In 1974, anti-nukes activist Sam Lovejoy wrote to Howard Zinn, asking Zinn to testify at his upcoming September 17 trial as an expert on civil disobedience. Earlier that year in February, Lovejoy toppled a weather tower that was the first stage of a proposed nuclear power plant.

Memo to Bob Moses | 1964

Howard Zinn letter to Bob Moses. Freedom Summer Digital Collection at Wisconsin Historical Society. 1964.
This 1964 memo from Howard Zinn to Bob Moses (a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) outlined a plan to minimize violence in Mississippi for the upcoming Freedom Summer, when hundreds of volunteers would be arriving to help African-American residents register to vote, establish a new political party, and learn about history and politics in the newly-formed Freedom Schools. The memo also addressed ways to pressure President Johnson to enforce constitutional rights of citizens exercising their right to vote.

Letter to Zinn from Pete Seeger | Howard Zinn Website

Letter from Pete Seeger | Feb. 6, 2006

Pete Seeger letter to Howard Zinn. Howard Zinn Papers, housed at New York University's Tamiment Library. Feb. 6, 2006.
We share this letter from the Howard Zinn Papers, housed at New York University's Tamiment Library. Pete Seeger wrote to Zinn in 2006, asking for a book recommendation on Rutherford B. Hayes.

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The Needs of the World vs. the University

Transcription

Howard Zinn’s Testimony at the United Freedom Front Sedition Trial

Scare Words Leave Scars on Everyone

Shall the House Committee on Un-American Activities Be Abolished?

My Grades Will Not Be Instruments of War

Sam Lovejoy, Anti-Nukes Activist, Requests Howard Zinn to Testify | 1974

Memo to Bob Moses | 1964

Letter from Pete Seeger | Feb. 6, 2006

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