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Archival Milestone: The Howard Zinn Papers Have Been Indexed

On October 9, 2024, Lauren Cooper, HowardZinn.org Digital Curator, and Cole Stallone, independent researcher, completed item-level cataloging (that is, inventorying each and every piece of paper) the Howard Zinn Papers at New York University’s Tamiment Library.

HowardZinn.org Booth at the AHA 2025 Conference

HowardZinn.org and the Zinn Education Project will be sharing a booth at the American Historical Association conference in New York City, Jan. 3-6, 2025. Stop by to learn about current projects, the Zinn archives, and grab some pens, postcards, and stickers.

Indian Resistance and Thanksgiving Declarations

By Howard Zinn. Excerpt from A People’s History of the United States.
For Indigenous Peoples Day and the run up to Thanksgiving, we highlight Native American resistance in the 1960s and 70s. As Howard Zinn wrote in Chapter 19 of A People’s History of the United States, “Never in American history had more movements for change been concentrated in so short a span of years.”

2024 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jelani Cobb

On October 29, Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer and dean, Columbia Journalism School, was the featured speaker at the 2024 Howard Zinn Lecture Series at Boston University. The name of Cobb's talk was "The Half-Life of Freedom, Race, and Justice in America Today."

Our History, Our Future: Celebrating 10 Years of Voices at Lincoln Center

On Sept. 19, 2024, join a special 10th anniversary event at the Lincoln Center in New York City. This event is free and open to the public.

The People’s History of El Norte

In Las Vegas, New Mexico, there is an 11-panel mural of the people’s history of El Norte that captures historical and contemporary issues of the local community.

Bernice Johnson Reagon ¡Presente!

We honor and celebrate the life and light that Bernice Johnson Reagon had in the world. Reagon (October 4, 1942 – July 16, 2024) was an influential song talker, composer, scholar, and activist. Her biography is as rich as musicality.

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.”

‘Hope and Resistance’: Interview and Performances on Democracy Now!

In a special July 4th edition of Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman, the show featured an interview with co-editors Anthony Arnove and Haley Pressin plus live clips of readings from Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century.

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Archival Milestone: The Howard Zinn Papers Have Been Indexed

HowardZinn.org Booth at the AHA 2025 Conference

Indian Resistance and Thanksgiving Declarations

2024 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jelani Cobb

Our History, Our Future: Celebrating 10 Years of Voices at Lincoln Center

The People’s History of El Norte

Bernice Johnson Reagon ¡Presente!

2023 Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series: Jules Gill-Peterson

Against Amnesia: The 2023 Howard Zinn Book Fair

‘Hope and Resistance’: Interview and Performances on Democracy Now!

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