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'''Howard Zinn''' (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American | '''Howard Zinn''' (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. | ||
He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential [["A People's History of the United States" (nonfiction)]]. | He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential [["A People's History of the United States" (nonfiction)]]. | ||
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Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87. | Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87. | ||
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[[A People's History of the United States (nonfiction)]] | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist.
He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty books, including his best-selling and influential "A People's History of the United States" (nonfiction).
In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, "A Young People′s History of the United States" (nonfiction).
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist."
He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.
His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (nonfiction), was also the title of a 2004 documentary (nonfiction) about Zinn's life and work.
Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
A People's History of the United States (nonfiction)
External links:
- Howard Zinn @ Wikipedia