Birthday
1922/08/24
Day of death
2010/01/27 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. He specialized in the labor history of the United States in the 20th century. In his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. His memoir,...Read more
(2004) Liberty Bound
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(2020) The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
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(2004) Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
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(2010) Human Resources
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(2011) I Am
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(2011) Ethos
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(2010) Psywar
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(2010) ReGeneration
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(2008) In Prison My Whole Life
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(2013) Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
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(2004) Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
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(2010) Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn
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(2009) The Most Dangerous Man in America
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(2008) American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals
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(2015) Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States
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(1996) The Daily Show
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