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Who’s Afraid of Radical History?

By Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow • The Nation • August 5, 2013
Mitch Daniels’s covert war on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.

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.”

Academic Freedom 101 | Illustration by Gary Varvel | The Indianpolis Star

Mitch Daniels Attempted to Ban Zinn’s “People’s History” as Governor

"The Associated Press published an article based on e-mail records it obtained under Indiana's open records laws. Those e-mail records showed Daniels, while governor of Indiana, asking that no public universities teach the work of Howard Zinn."

Agitation with a Smile: New Book on Howard Zinn’s Legacy and Activism

A new book is available that engage the various complexities and tensions present throughout Howard Zinn’s work and subject them to a 21st century assessment.

The Howard Zinn Archives at Alternative Radio

Alternative Radio has an archive of more than 50 talks and interviews by Howard Zinn. Here is a list of the topics.

Cover: International Journal of Social Education

International Journal of Social Education: Special Issue on Howard Zinn

This special edition came about after scholars presented and discussed perspectives on the important influences of Howard Zinn to education, history, and citizenship at the 2010 Midwest Peace and Justice Summit in Indianapolis.

Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio

Poet Martín Espada wrote a poem to honor Howard Zinn called “Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio.” He read the poem during a 2013 interview on Moyers & Company.

New Release: Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963 – 2009

A collection of Howard Zinn's speeches, edited by Anthony Arnove, was released by Haymarket Books.

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."

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Who’s Afraid of Radical History?

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

Mitch Daniels Attempted to Ban Zinn’s “People’s History” as Governor

Agitation with a Smile: New Book on Howard Zinn’s Legacy and Activism

The Howard Zinn Archives at Alternative Radio

International Journal of Social Education: Special Issue on Howard Zinn

Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio

New Release: Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches, 1963 – 2009

The People Speak in Chicago Schools

A People’s History Banned in Tucson Schools

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