Biography
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 β 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.
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Filmography
all 21
Movies 19
self 15
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TV Shows 2
Director 1
Himself
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous (2020)
Movie
Himself
Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States (2015)
Movie
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth (2013)
Movie
Himself
I Am (2011)
Movie
Himself
Ethos (2011)
Movie
himself
Human Resources: Social engineering in the 20th century (2010)
Movie
Self
PsyWar: The Real Battlefield Is Your Mind (2010)
Movie
Himself (archive footage)
ReGeneration (2010)
Movie
Self
Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn (2010)
Movie
Director
The People Speak (2009)
Movie
Self - Historian
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals (2008)
Movie
Writer
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind (2008)
Movie
Self
In Prison My Whole Life (2008)
Movie
Self
An Unreasonable Man (2007)
Movie
Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam (2004)
Movie
Historian
Liberty Bound (2004)
Movie
Self
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004)
Movie
Self (author)
The Great Depression (1998)
TV
Self
The Daily Show (1996)
TV
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Howard Zinn's Emma
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-08-24
Deathday2010-01-27 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
Religionatheism
ChildrenJeff Zinn
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardshonorary degree from Spelman College, Eugene V. Debs Award, Thomas Merton Award
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