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Howard Zinn
American historian and socialist thinker (1922–2010)
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| Born | (1922-08-24)August 24, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | January 27, 2010(2010-01-27) (aged 87) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, educator, author, playwright |
| Spouse | Roslyn Shechter (m. 1944; died 2008) |
| Children | 2, including Jeff |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service / branch | U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Thesis | Fiorello LaGuardia in Congress (1958) |
| Institutions | Spelman College Boston University |
| Main interests | Civil rights, war and peace |
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010)[1] was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College,[2] and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version o
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'People's History' author Howard Zinn dies
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist "A People's History of the United States" became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87.
Zinn, a part-time Wellfleet resident, died of a heart attack in Santa Monica, Calif., daughter Myla Kabat-Zinn said. The historian was a resident of Auburndale, Mass.
Published in 1980 with little promotion and a first printing of 5,000, "A People's History" was - fittingly - a people's best-seller, attracting a wide audience through word of mouth and reaching 1 million sales in 2003. Although Zinn was writing for a general readership, his book was taught in high schools and colleges throughout the country, and numerous companion editions were published, including "Voices of a People's History," a volume for young people and a graphic novel
"I can't think of anyone who had such a powerful and benign influence," said the linguist and fellow activist Noam Chomsky, a close friend of Zinn's. "His historical work changed the way millions of people saw the past."
At a time when few politicians dared even call themselves liberal, "A People's History" told an openly left-w