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Howard Zinn

American historian and social activist

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Daniel Berrigan
…1968 he traveled with historian Howard Zinn to North Vietnam to negotiate the release of three captured U.S. pilots. Later that year Daniel, Philip, and seven others broke into the office of the draft board of Catonsville, Maryland, and burned the records. Daniel dramatized the federal trial that resulted from…
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…1968 he traveled with historian Howard Zinn to North Vietnam to negotiate the release of three captured U.S. pilots. Later that year Daniel, Philip, and seven others broke into the office of the draft board of Catonsville, Maryland, and burned the records. Daniel dramatized the federal trial that resulted from…
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A People’s History of the United States
…of history by American historian Howard Zinn that was originally published in 1980, with an updated edition that appeared in 2003. It offers a clear and acknowledged point of view and tells U.S. history with a focus on those who were acted upon by the heroes of the more usual…
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…of history by American historian Howard Zinn that was originally published in 1980, with an updated edition that appeared in 2003. It offers a clear and acknowledged point of view and tells U.S. history with a focus on those who were acted upon by the heroes of the more usual…
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