December 11, 2009
Howard Zinn died at the age of 87 on January 27, 2010.
“They’re willing to let people think about mild reforms and little changes, and incremental changes, but they don’t want people to think that we could actually transform this country.” — Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn has long been known as the historian of the American everyman and woman. His groundbreaking work, The People’s History Of The United States, turned history on its head — concentrating on the power of the people to effect change, not just the deeds of great men and those in political power.
Now selections from his collection of voices from the American past are performed by actors, poets and writers in a new documentary directed by Matt Damon which is airing on The History Channel.
In 1980 came his epic masterpiece, A People’s History Of The United States, “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories”
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