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People’s History: One of ‘The 14 most important books for designers to read right now’

In a January 21, 2021 article, Fast Company asked 'top designers and thought leaders to recommend books that designers should read to expand their thinking beyond the traditional design text." A People's History of the United States kicks off the list.

A Remembrance of Howard Zinn

Tribute to Howard Zinn By Sheila Wilensky
"I first encountered Howard Zinn in 1971, when I audited his Civil Liberties course at Boston University. One day he invited students to join him after class at a Vietnam protest on the Boston Common, and I went. Impressed with Zinn’s fervent belief in the power of ordinary people to change the world, I decided to become a high school social studies teacher."

2020 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi

The 2020 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture features Ibram X. Kendi in conversation with Nina Silber on Dec. 7 at 5pm EST. Kendi is professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy, and the founding director of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is also the author of the National Book Award winning Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America and New York Times bestselling How to Be an Antiracist.

White House Attacks Howard Zinn, the 1619 Project, and the Zinn Education Project

At the White House Conference on American History, speakers (including President Trump) attacked Howard Zinn, the New York Times 1619 Project, and the Zinn Education Project. As Brett Wilkins reported at Common Dreams, "Educators fired back a series of tweets defending the project and accusing the president of spreading 'McCarthy-like' and 'fascist' ideas."

New Leadership at Tamiment Library: Shannon O’Neill

Shannon O'Neill was appointed Curator for the Tamiment-Wagner Collections at NYU Special Collections, where the Howard Zinn Papers are housed. O'Neill shared that "Zinn’s words guide my practice and remind me that archives are a site of violence and erasure for people of color, disabled people, poor people, queer people, and so many others within and at the intersections of marginalized identities."

Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn

By Chris Hedges • TruthDig • Aug. 2, 2010

Color photo of Zinn

On Monday I will teach my final American history class of the semester to prison inmates. We have spent five weeks reading Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States.” The class is taught in a small room in the basement of the prison.…

Howard Zinn Lecture Series: Frederick Douglass

2019 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: David W. Blight

David W. Blight, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, delivered the fourth Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture at Boston University on Monday, Dec. 2. Blight's topic is "Frederick Douglass: Prose Poet of American Democracy." The event took place at Tsai Performance Center.

2019 Howard Zinn Lecture Series - Eric Foner | HowardZinn.org

2019 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: The Second Founding by Eric Foner

Historian Eric Foner spoke at the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series on the topic of "The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Forged a Constitutional Revolution." The event took place at Boston University on March 19, 2019.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Life of Howard Zinn

In this interview with Jacobin magazine and The Dig podcast, Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor talks about her foreword to a new edition of Zinn's autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train.

New edition: You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train | HowardZinn.org

New Edition of Zinn Autobiography, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Beacon Press has published an new edition of Howard Zinn's 1994 autobiography You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History in which Zinn tells his personal stories about 50 years of fighting for social change. This updated version includes a foreword by professor of African American Studies and author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. We share an excerpt from the foreword.

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Category: About Howard Zinn

People’s History: One of ‘The 14 most important books for designers to read right now’

A Remembrance of Howard Zinn

2020 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: Ibram X. Kendi

White House Attacks Howard Zinn, the 1619 Project, and the Zinn Education Project

New Leadership at Tamiment Library: Shannon O’Neill

Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn

2019 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: David W. Blight

2019 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture: The Second Founding by Eric Foner

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on the Life of Howard Zinn

New Edition of Zinn Autobiography, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

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