Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
In an experiment with nearly 700 students from nine Chicago-area schools, Matthew Nelsen (a PhD candidate in Political Science at Northwestern University) gave out readings on the abolitionist movement, the National Farmworkers Association, and the Chinese Exclusion Act. Half of the readings were from the corporate textbook The American Pageant and the other half from A People’s History of the United States. Afterwards, when Nelsen asked students to report on their willingness to participate in political activities (voting, campaigning, or demonstrations), Black and Latino youth reported a greater willingness to participate when they read passages from A People’s History.
Posted on January 30, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
By Sadie Trombetta • Bustle.com • Sept. 22, 2017
Right now all around the country, Confederate statues are being taken down, and the issue has the nation divided. On one side, Americans are ready to let go of memorials that glorify the leaders who fought to preserve slavery and promote racial discrimination, and on the other, people are claiming the removal of these monuments is an erasure of history.…
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.”
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
"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."
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
"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."
Updated on November 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Democracy Now! • May 13, 2009
Legendary historian Howard Zinn joins us to talk about war, torture and the teaching of history. Zinn says had Obama heeded the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he wouldn’t be escalating U.S. attacks abroad and increasing the size of the U.S. military budget.
Updated on November 15, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Interviewed by Pedro de la Hoz • La Habana • May 7, 2004
"Those who call themselves objective lie because they pick events and cover up their taking of sides. I do not hide to say: this is my point of view, it is not the only one, face it and make your own conclusions."
Updated on August 18, 2016 by Howard Zinn Website
By James Green • May 23, 2003
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A sellout crowd filled the 92nd Street Y in New York recently to celebrate a publishing milestone: the sale of one million copies of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.…
A People’s History of the United States
A People’s History Inspires Students’ Political Activism
Updated on October 10, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: In the News, News Tags: A People's History of the United States, Activism, Student Activism
A People’s History: “You Didn’t Get Assigned in School But Definitely Need to Read”
Posted on January 30, 2018 by Howard Zinn Website
Right now all around the country, Confederate statues are being taken down, and the issue has the nation divided. On one side, Americans are ready to let go of memorials that glorify the leaders who fought to preserve slavery and promote racial discrimination, and on the other, people are claiming the removal of these monuments is an erasure of history.…
Category: Articles & Interviews, Articles about Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States
Bashing Howard Zinn: A Critical Look at One of the Critics
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.
Category: Articles & Interviews, Articles about Howard Zinn, In the News, News Tags: A People's History of the United States, In the News, Zinn Education Project
‘Howard Zinn Read-In’ Celebrates Power of ‘Dangerous’ Education
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' attempt to censor Zinn's classic 'A People's History' backfires, sparks ongoing interest in late historian's work.
Category: Articles about Howard Zinn, In the News, News Tags: A People's History of the United States, Activism, Common Dreams, In the News
“Indiana’s Anti-Howard Zinn
Witch-hunt”
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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.”
Category: Articles & Interviews, Articles about Howard Zinn, In the News, News Tags: A People's History of the United States, Education, In the News, Zinn Education Project
Mitch Daniels Attempted to Ban Zinn’s “People’s History” as Governor
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Category: Articles about Howard Zinn, In the News, News Tags: A People's History of the United States, Book Ban, In the News
A People’s History Banned in Tucson Schools
Updated on October 11, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
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‘I Wish Obama Would Listen to MLK’
Updated on November 14, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
Legendary historian Howard Zinn joins us to talk about war, torture and the teaching of history. Zinn says had Obama heeded the lessons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he wouldn’t be escalating U.S. attacks abroad and increasing the size of the U.S. military budget.
Category: Articles & Interviews, Audio & Video, Audio and Video with Howard Zinn, Interviews With Howard Zinn, Video With Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States, Barack Obama, Democracy Now!, The People Speak, War
‘The Human Reality of War Changed My Life’
Updated on November 15, 2020 by Howard Zinn Website
"Those who call themselves objective lie because they pick events and cover up their taking of sides. I do not hide to say: this is my point of view, it is not the only one, face it and make your own conclusions."
Category: Articles & Interviews, Interviews With Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States, International, War
Howard Zinn’s History
Updated on August 18, 2016 by Howard Zinn Website
The Chronicle of Higher Education
A sellout crowd filled the 92nd Street Y in New York recently to celebrate a publishing milestone: the sale of one million copies of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.…
Category: Articles & Interviews, Articles about Howard Zinn Tags: A People's History of the United States, Education, In the News, Tribute