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GUEST: Howard Zinn , people’s historian and author of “People’s History of the United States”

Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright, and social activist, best known for his book, “A People’s History of the United States,” which has sold more than a million copies worldwide.

Howard Zinn was a shipyard worker and Air Force bombardier before he went to college under the G.I. Bill and received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught at Spelman College and Boston University, and has been a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the University of Bologna. While at Spelman College, Zinn became involved in the Civil rights movement, where he was an adviser to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) He went on to become a leading critic of the Vietnam War at Boston University. He has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, and the Upton Sinclair Award.

On Wednesday November 8th 2006, Howard Zinn spoke at Chapman University in the city of Orange. The people’s historian presented a public lecture to a packed audience on his life and work as a civil-rights and anti-war activist. Today we’d like to play you the address by Professor Howard Zinn.

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