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Labor rallies, civil rights marches, and a world war were only a few of the many interesting events in the life of one of America's most famous historians, Howard Zinn, who passed away on Wednesday, ...

This year marks 100 years since the birth of the historian Howard Zinn. In 1980, Zinn published his classic work, “A People’s History of the United States.” The book would go on to sell over a million ...

Author, liberal, political activist and longtime Boston University historian Howard Zinn has died. Zinn suffered a heart attack while traveling in California on Wednesday. He was 87. Zinn gained ...

Howard Zinn's critical history of the American Revolution against British rule and its impact on… 1619-1741: Slavery and slave rebellion in the US - Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's history of slavery and ...

Howard Zinn died Wednesday at 87. In all of his many roles — World War II bombardier, liberal activist, historian, professor, playwright — Zinn possessed an inimitable perspective and voice on past ...

Author Howard Zinn speaks as Actress Marisa Tomei, (L), and SVP of Development and Programming of the History Channel David McKillop, far right, look on during the History Channel documentary 'The ...

The avowed communist was nonetheless about as antiwar as your average Taft Republican. Although Mary Grabar’s monograph with Regnery has not convinced me that Zinn is a leading force in American ...

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 ...

Taking his inspiration from Karl Marx's stay in London's Soho district after his exile from the Continent, Zinn's (A People's History of the United States) one-man play reads like a first-person ...

Howard Zinn, a professor, author and social activist who inspired a generation on the American left and whose book “A People’s History of the United States” sold more than 1 million copies and ...

Howard Zinn speaks into a microphone at the 2009 Sundance Music Festival on January 22, 2009 in Park City, Utah. (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of ...