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Howard Zinn
New York City, United States
Archival Overview
Influential American historian and civil rights campaigner whose masterwork A People's History of the United States retold history from the standpoint of grassroots struggles.
Biographical Record
Howard Zinn was born in Brooklyn to working-class Jewish immigrant parents. He served as a bombardier in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, an experience that instilled in him an enduring opposition to militarism. He went on to earn a doctorate in history from Columbia University.
While chairing the history department at Spelman College in Atlanta, Zinn actively participated in the Civil Rights Movement alongside students like Alice Walker and Marian Wright Edelman. In 1980, he published 'A People's History of the United States', highlighting the agency of workers, women, African Americans, and Native Americans against prevailing orthodoxies.
Key Life Milestones
Civil Rights Leadership at Spelman
Advised the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and challenged segregation throughout the American South.
A People's History of the United States
Published the landmark grassroots history that sold over two million copies and transformed historical education worldwide.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialSanta Monica, United States