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Remembering David Bowie through His 100 Favorite Books | Howard Zinn Website

A People’s History Was One of David Bowie’s Favorite Books

Michael Schaub of the Los Angeles Times paid tribute to David Bowie, who died on January 10, 2016, by republishing Bowie's 100 favorite books. Amongst them were Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.

The 100 Best Bostonians of All Time

Boston Magazine published the "The 100 Best Bostonians of All Time" which includes Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, W. E. B. DuBois, Helen Keller, Malcolm X, Phillis Wheatley and other people's history makers.

2015 Howard Zinn Freedom to Write Award

PEN New England selected Ferguson activists and bloggers Johnetta Elzie and DeRay McKesson to receive the 2015 Howard Zinn Freedom to Write Award. Formerly named the "Thomas Paine Award," the Freedom to Write Award was re-named in honor of Howard Zinn.

Banned Books of Guantánamo: ‘A People’s History of the United States’ by Howard Zinn

John Howard on why Zinn's radical history is banned from Gitmo.

Bashing Howard Zinn: A Critical Look at One of the Critics

Alison Kysia • Zinn Education Project • November 18, 2013
Since the death of historian Howard Zinn in 2010, a number of scholars and politicians have targeted Zinn’s work in an effort to undermine his influence among educators.

‘Howard Zinn Read-In’ Celebrates Power of ‘Dangerous’ Education

By Andrea Germano
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' attempt to censor Zinn's classic 'A People's History' backfires, sparks ongoing interest in late historian's work.

Zinn at the 2008 NCSS | Photo by Steve Puppe/NCSS.

“Indiana’s Anti-Howard Zinn
Witch-hunt”

By Bill Bigelow • Common Dreams • July 18, 2013
Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, one of the country’s most widely read history books, died on January 27, 2010. Shortly after, then-Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels got on his computer and fired off an email to the state’s top education officials: “This terrible anti-American academic has finally passed away.”