Howard Zinn

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Howard Zinn
BornAugust 24, 1922
New York City, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 27, 2010
Santa Monica, California, United States
NationalityStatesian


Howard Zinn was a Statesian historian and activist most known for writing A People's History of the United States.

Biography

Zinn was born in New York City in 1922 in a Jewish proletarian family. His father was from Russia and his mother was from Austro-Hungary. He became a socialist after police attacked him at an anti-austerity protest during the Great Depression. He joined the Air Force during the Second World War. After the war, he became an anti-war activist and organized against the U.S. invasions of Vietnam, Latin America, and Iraq.[1]

References

  1. Sean Ledwith (2022-08-24). "A People’s History of Howard Zinn" Counterfire. Archived from the original on 2022-08-24. Retrieved 2022-10-27.