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Howard Zinn

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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Born:
Aug 24, 1922 In Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the series The Daily Show 1996-07-22
Latest Project:
Movie The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous 2020-12-06
Known For
Poster of Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
Poster of Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn
Poster of The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Poster of The Daily Show
Filmography
Movie The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous Himself 2020-12-06
Movie Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth 2013-06-21
Movie Ethos Himself 2011-02-10
Movie I Am Himself 2011-02-11
Movie Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn Self 2010-01-01
Movie ReGeneration Himself (archive footage) 2010-05-24
Movie PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is Your Mind 2010-10-08
Movie Human Resources: Social engineering in the 20th century himself 2010-12-01
Movie The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Self - Historian 2009-10-16
Movie In Prison My Whole Life Self 2008-01-18
Movie American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals Self (archive footage) 2008-10-20
Movie Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Self 2004-06-18
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22