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The People Speak in Chicago Schools

During the 2011–2012 school year, the non-profit organization Voices of a People’s History ran a pilot project in Chicago to bring free educational resources, public performing arts programming, film screenings, and professional development workshops to educators and their students in Chicago area public schools and in community organizations.

Banned Book Cover: A People's History of the United States

A People’s History Banned in Tucson Schools

"Last week, the Tucson Unified School District eliminated a popular Mexican American Studies program in local high schools that, in a short period of time, had done a lot of good."

Honoring Howard Zinn: A Historian Who Made History

Noam Chomsky, noted author and philosopher, and Anthony Arnove, filmmaker and editor, spoke at SUNY-New Paltz, on Dec. 4, 2011 in tribute to the legacy and life's work of Howard Zinn. This event was titled "Honoring Howard Zinn: A Historian Who Made History."

Howard Zinn Room Poster | Photo by Robin Holland

Educators and Activists Celebrate the Legacy of Howard Zinn and the Zinn Education Project

There was a standing-room-only crowd at the new Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Md., for the special event on Sept. 21, 2011 to celebrate International Peace Day, dedicate the Zinn Room, and raise funds for the Zinn Education Project.

The People Speak Actor Danny Glover to Receive the Debs Award

Danny Glover, featured in the film The People Speak, will receive the 2011 Eugene V. Debs Award.

Tip of the Cap to Howard Zinn from the New York Times’ Bob Herbert

"I had lunch with the historian Howard Zinn just a few weeks before he died in January 2010. He was chagrined about the state of affairs in the U.S. but not at all daunted. ‘If there is going to be change,’ he said, ‘real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves.'"

Film Even the Rain/Tambien La Lluvia Dedicated to Howard Zinn

The writer and film maker Paul Laverty was asked recently why he and director Icíar Bollaín dedicated his new film "Even the Rain (Tambien La Lluvia)," set in Bolivia and starring Gael Garcia Bernal, to the historian Howard Zinn.

Review of The People Speak on BlogCritics

"The People Speak represents an opportunity very few of us are given. Not only does it present aspects of history not everybody is familiar with, it brings it to life and makes it real. For too many people history has been confined to the pages of dusty books and boring classrooms - this represents a chance to see and hear it brought alive. We may not be able to travel back in time, but this DVD brings the past to us.”

Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Howard Zinn: January 27

Celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010) by organizing a community screening of The People Speak documentary or hosting a reading of Voices of a People’s History of the United States.