Person

Howard Zinn

Acting · 1922–2010 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

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 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Zinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2026Howard Zinn, une histoire populaire américaine 2himself
2023Monumental MythsSelf
2020The Berrigans: Devout and DangerousSelf
2015Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United StatesHimself
2013Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
2011I AmSelf
2011EthosSelf
2011Even the RainIn Memory Of
2010Human ResourcesSelf
2010Psywar
2010Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard ZinnSelf
2009The People SpeakSelf
2009The Most Dangerous Man in AmericaSelf - Historian
2008American Feud: A History of Conservatives and LiberalsSelf (archive footage)
2008Profit Motive and the Whispering WindAuthor
2008Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Measures of WarSelf
2008In Prison My Whole LifeSelf
2004Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
2004Rush to WarSelf
2004Liberty Boundself
2004Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving TrainSelf
2002The Real Nam: Voices From WithinSelf
2002Guts and GlorySelf
1996The Daily ShowSelf
—Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the SoulSelf
—Howard Zinn's EmmaWriter

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