Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian and professor from Brooklyn, New York. Zinn considered himself to be a radical.^[1] In 1980 he wrote A People's History of the United States, which is a book that tells the history of the United States from the perspective of common people instead of people who were in power. This included people who were oppressed.^[2] As of the time of Zinn's death, the book had sold almost two million copies.^[3]

Zinn died of a heart attack while swimming on January 27, 2010 in Santa Monica, California, aged 87.

1. ↑ "Op-Ed Columnist - A Radical Treasure - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
2. ↑ "A People's History of the United States". wmich.edu. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
3. ↑ "Howard Zinn, Historian, Dies at 87 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved December 17, 2010.