Howard Zinn
American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker (1922–2010)
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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian and professor from Brooklyn, New York. Zinn considered himself to be a radical.[1] In 1980 he wrote A People's History of the United States, which is a book that tells the history of the United States from the perspective of common people instead of people who were in power. This included people who were oppressed.[2] As of the time of Zinn's death, the book had sold almost two million copies.[3]
Zinn died of a heart attack while swimming on January 27, 2010 in Santa Monica, California, aged 87.
References
change- ↑ "Op-Ed Columnist - A Radical Treasure - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ↑ "A People's History of the United States". wmich.edu. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ↑ "Howard Zinn, Historian, Dies at 87 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 17, 2010.