Howard Zinn was the author of the world-acclaimed A People's History Of The United States, a professor, a participant in the American Civil Rights Movement, and a giant of Political Science. A Peoples History blew the top off of a lot of things that weren't taught to us in school about the history of this country, and gave people a lot of dark information about the negative and tragic aspects of many things this country was built on: violence, imperialism, abuse of power, slavery, oppression and economic, class and race imbalances. The best part about this text was that it was comprised of many first hand accounts and stories from people that had never had their voices heard before. This book has come to be used as an alternative to textbooks in universities and classrooms around the world. Zinn also taught, for a time, at Spellman College, a Black University.
Via Frank151.com
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I strongly recommend you read his books:
http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-Present/dp/0060838655/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655866&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Peoples-History-United-States/dp/1583229167/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1264655866&sr=8-2
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