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Archive Notes: Howard Zinn’s Warmth, Compassion, and Humanizing of History

"In 2022–2023, I had the opportunity to spend three full weeks going through the Howard Zinn Papers housed at New York University’s Tamiment Library. . . . Being able to focus intensely on his correspondence crystallized how Zinn’s warmth, humor, and compassion draws in people who run across many segments of the population, and how he was a connector of people; he connected people to have the opportunities to tell their stories with those who could amplify them."

2023 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jules Gill-Peterson

On December 4, 2023, Jules Gill-Peterson, associate professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, was the featured speaker for the 2023 Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. We present the recording and transcript, published with permission.

Against Amnesia: The 2023 Howard Zinn Book Fair

The Howard Zinn Book Fair returned as an in-person event on Dec. 3, at the City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus. The theme was “Against Amnesia.”

Howard Zinn at 101: Needed Now More Than Ever

Article. The Progressive. By Eleanor J. Bader. 2023.
"As the right continues to push legislation censoring the teaching of United States history, Howard Zinn's 101st birthday on August 24 reminds us that education is a necessary stepping stone to change."

New Book: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century

Inspired by the original Voices of a People’s History of the United States, this new book edited by Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin, features speeches, essays, poems, and calls to action from the 21st century.

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New Digitized Audio and Video at Tamiment Library

In March 2023, Tamiment Library published 310 audio and video materials from the Howard Zinn Papers that can be listened to or viewed online. Included is an unedited transcription. The materials include lectures, interviews, and class discussions from the 1960s to the 2000s.

2022 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Mae Ngai • Introduction by Takeo Rivera

On Thursday, Sept. 29, Dr. Mae Ngai was the featured speaker of the 2022 Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. The event was phenomenal, from the introduction by Dr. Takeo Rivera, to Dr. Ngai's talk titled "The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes, Chinese Migration, and Global Politics," to the joint conversation.

Howard Zinn Centennial Event Recordings and Highlights Now Available

Highlights and recordings are now available of the teacher workshop, the historian and artist panel, and archivist panel that took place August 23-25. Theses events were co-sponsored by HowardZinn.org, Zinn Education Project, Tamiment Library, Busboys and Poets, and Voices of a People’s History.

Power of the People Ice Cream for Howard Zinn Centennial

In commemoration of Howard Zinn's 100th birthday, the Baltimore-based Taharka Brothers released a new flavor called "Power of the People" ice cream.

Free E-Book — A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words

For the Howard Zinn Centennial, Beacon Press, Haymarket Books, The New Press, and Seven Stories Press are offering a free-book, A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Word.

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Category: Featured News

Archive Notes: Howard Zinn’s Warmth, Compassion, and Humanizing of History

2023 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jules Gill-Peterson

Against Amnesia: The 2023 Howard Zinn Book Fair

Howard Zinn at 101: Needed Now More Than Ever

New Book: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century

New Digitized Audio and Video at Tamiment Library

2022 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Mae Ngai • Introduction by Takeo Rivera

Howard Zinn Centennial Event Recordings and Highlights Now Available

Power of the People Ice Cream for Howard Zinn Centennial

Free E-Book — A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words

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