Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn August 24 1922 January 27 2010 was an American historian academic author playwright and social activist He specialized in the labor history of the United States in the 20th century In his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 196488 he wrote more than 20 books which included his bestselling and influential A Peoples History of the United States He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights civil liberties and antiwar movements His memoir You Cant Be Neutral on a Moving Train was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinns life and work Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Zinn licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia