News Archives - Howard Zinn

E. Ethelbert Miller Receives Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award

Poet E. Ethelbert Miller's comments he made in receiving the Howard Zinn Lifetime Achievement Award by the Peace and Justice Studies Association on Oct. 15, 2022.

In Memory, SNCC Veteran Charles Sherrod

On October 11, 2022, Charles Sherrod (January 2, 1937–October 11, 2022), field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and leader of SNCC’s Southwest Georgia Project in Albany, Georgia, passed away. We share these excerpts that feature Sherrod's dedication to the civil rights struggle.

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.

The Howard Zinn Legacy • Boston University Alumni Weekend

Howard Zinn's life's work as an activist, historian, and educator touched the lives of innumerable people. As alumni reflect on their experiences, HowardZinn.org is pleased to share ways you can continue to engage in the legacy of Zinn's life and work. If you have a story to share about learning from Howard Zinn either inside or outside the classroom, please submit your story.

Radicalizing the Archives: Howard Zinn Centennial Event

On August 25, 2022, archivists, historians, and educators gathered online for “Radicalizing the Archives” during the week of activities to commemorate the Howard Zinn Centennial. The session drew on Zinn’s speech at the 1970 Society of American Archivists conference when he urged archivists “to take the trouble to compile a whole new world of documentary material, about the lives, desires, needs, of ordinary people.” The panelists highlighted efforts to humanize the archives. There were opportunities for attendees to meet in small groups so that everyone could participate.

New Album of Music Compositions by Tiyo Attallah Salah-El, Prison Activist

Tiyo Attallah Salah-El (1932–2018) was a musician, scholar, and prison abolitionist who founded the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons in 1995. He was incarcerated for nearly 50 years and was pen pals with Howard Zinn. This year, some of his compositions have been released on Tiyo's Songs of Life, including "Blues for Professor Zinn."