Howard Zinn

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Born 1922-08-24 Died 2010-01-27 Brooklyn, New York, USA 26 credits honorary degree from Spelman College 1 Eugene V. Debs Award 1 Thomas Merton Award 1

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Won 1 honorary degree from Spelman College Award

honorary degree from Spelman College 1 won

2005 honorary degree from Spelman College Won

Eugene V. Debs Award 1 won

1998 Eugene V. Debs Award Won

Thomas Merton Award 1 won

1991 Thomas Merton Award Won

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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.

Howard Zinn

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honorary degree from Spelman College 1 won

Eugene V. Debs Award 1 won

Thomas Merton Award 1 won

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