Photo Gallery

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1940s–1960s

Howard Zinn, military portrait. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Roslyn Shechter married in October 1944, just before Howard was shipped out to England to fight in WWII. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn in Air Force uniform, England, 1945. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
B&W photo of Air Force crew.
Howard Zinn and Air Force crew. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn as a young activist, addressing a "Henry Wallace for President" rally, 1948. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn marching with the American Veterans Committee, late 1940s. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn taught four days a week at Upsala College in New Jersey (plus two evening courses at Brooklyn College) while earning his Bachelor's degree at New York University, circa 1951. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn leading a Seminar on China with Spelman and Morehouse students, circa 1960. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn signs his first book, LaGuardia in Congress, for his Spelman College students in 1960. Roslyn Zinn is seated to the right. Source: Spelman College Archives.
Spelman students dedicated the 1960 yearbook to Howard Zinn. From Spelman College Archives.
Roslyn and Howard Zinn at a demonstration, Boston, early 1960s. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Freedom Day, Selma, 1963 | HowardZinn.org
Howard Zinn, Freedom Day in Selma, Alabama, 1963. Photo: © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos.
Howard Zinn and James Baldwin, Selma, 1963. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Freedom Day, January 22, 1964, Hattiesburg, Miss., in front of the Sears Roebuck. Participants include: Howard Zinn, third from left; John Lewis, arms crossed, sixth from left; Bob Moses, immediate left of street sign; and James Forman, immediate right of street sign. Photographer: Winfred Harmon Moncrief. Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Howard Zinn circa 1960s. Source: Wake Forest University.
Howard Zinn and Fannie Lou Hamer during Hamer's visit to Boston, 1965. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Ralph Featherstone of SNCC marching in Japan, June 1966, against the U.S. presence in Vietnam. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Ralph Featherstone of SNCC marching in Japan, June 1966, against the U.S. presence in Vietnam. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Dan Berrigan in North Vietnam to receive the release of three U.S. pilots, February, 1968. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Tom Hayden, North Vietnam. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn in North Vietnam, February 1968. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn teaching at Boston University, fall 1969. Photo: Elsa Voelcker. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Roslyn and Howard Zinn, 1960s. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.

1970s–1980s

Black and white portrait
Howard Zinn, Sept. 1970. Source: Michael Dobo/Dobophoto.
DIGITALLY COMPOSITED IMAGE of Boston University Professor Howard Zinn and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Noam Chomsky (glasses) at a 1 P.M. press conference at The Committee to Defend the Panthers, 61 River Street, 10/29/70
Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky at a press conference at The Committee to Defend the Panthers, Oct. 20, 1970. Image is a digital composite: © Michael Dobo/Dobophoto.com.
Howard Zinn and friends at a May Day protest, Washington, D.C., May 1, 1971. Friends in picture include Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, and Marilyn Young. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn speaking at an antiwar rally, Boston, May 1971. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn being arrested at an anti-war protest outside of the JFK Federal Building in Boston, May 1971. Photographer: Tom Shetterly. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn being arrested at an anti-war protest outside of the JFK Federal Building in Boston, May 1971. Photographer: Tom Shetterly. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn at an anti-war rally, Boston, 1971. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn speaking at an anti-war rally, Boston, 1971. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn speaking at an anti-war rally, Boston, 1971. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn and Cesar Chavez. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn speaking at United Farmworkers rally. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn under peace sign, 1970s. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn, 1972. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn addressing crowd at Boston University. Student activist Ray Mungo is 2nd from right. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn, Murray Levin, and Frances Fox Piven at a Boston University clerical workers strike for a union, circa 1974. Source: Stephen Kohn, BU Exposure files.
Howard Zinn speaking with Prof Elizabeth Barker | HowardZinn.org
Howard Zinn speaking with Prof. Elizabeth Barker during the Boston University staff/faculty strike, 1979. Barker, professor of English at BU, started and ran a prison education program at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk. Photo: Spencer Grant. Source: Boston Public Library.
Boston University staff/faculty strike, 1979. Photo: Spencer Grant. Source: Boston Public Library.
Howard Zinn speaking at a “BU 5” rally, circa 1980. Photo: Karen Left.
Howard Zinn and bu exposure staff | HowardZinn.org
BU Exposure press conference announcing the lawsuit against Boston University for censorship. Howard Zinn served as the faculty adviser. Photo: Stephen Kohn, BU Exposure files.
Howard Zinn at his typerwriter • Estate of Howard Zinn • Late 1970s
Howard Zinn at his typewriter. Back of photo reads "writing on my old typewriter on which I wrote A People's History of the United States," late 1970s. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Zinn at a Civil Rights Symposium, Washington, D.C. 1980. On the right is Diane Nash. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn, July 28, 1987. Source: Boston University.

1990s–2000s

Howard Zinn, date unknown. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn at Pathfinder Bookstore Los Angeles, 2000 via Slobodandimitrov/Wikicommons
Provost Sharon Washington, Howard Zinn, speaker and honorary degree; President Beverly Tatum at Spelman Commencement, 2005. Source: Spelman College Photographs Collection. Contact for use permissions.
Howard Zinn and Cindy Sheehan, 2005, during the "Bring Them Home Now: Camp Casey, Crawford, TX to Washington, D.C." Tour. Image: Larry Arronson.
Howard Zinn at Cooper Union, May 3, 2008. Photo: Marc Dalio daliophoto.com.
Howard Zinn at the 2008 National Council for the Social Studies conference. Photo: Steve Puppe/NCSS.
Howard and Roslyn Zinn, date unknown. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.
Howard Zinn on the telephone • Photo by Paul Alan Smith • Date unknown
Howard Zinn on the telephone, October 2009. Photo: Paul Alan Smith. Source: Howard Zinn Revocable Trust.

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