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{{Infobox Person
|name = Howard Zinn
|image = Howard Zinn.jpg
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|caption = Howard Zinn Speaking at [[Marlboro College]] Feb. 2004 
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1922|08|24}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
|occupation = [[Professor]], [[History|Historian]], [[Playwright]]
|main interests = [[History]], [[Civil rights]] [[War]] [[Peace]]
|spouse = Roslyn Zinn
}}
'''Dr. Howard Zinn''' (born August 24, 1922) is a [[political science|political scientist]], [[history|historian]], [[Social criticism|social critic]], [[socialist]], activist and [[playwright]], best known as author of the [[bestseller]]<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/books/review/30donadio.html?ex=1181275200&en=697d07852d9988f2&ei=5070 NY Times Bestseller list]</ref> ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''. 

Zinn has been active in the movements for [[African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|Civil Rights]], [[Civil Liberties]] and the [[Peace movement|anti-war movements]] in the United States.<ref><em> You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times</em> (1994)ISBN 0-8070-7127-7</em></ref> His books reflect that he has written extensively on all three subjects.

    Hey look, I can twist my pecker into the shape of a hammer and a sickle!

    --- Stalinistically yours, Roland Rance

    --- Shoot the kulaks!⏎
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The author of some 20 books, Zinn is Professor Emeritus in the Political Science Department at [[Boston University]]. He lives in the [[Auburndale, Massachusetts|Auburndale]] neighborhood of [[Newton, Massachusetts]]. His wife, the artist Roslyn Zinn died<ref>howardzinn.org announcement and democracynow.org May 20, 2008 newscast by Amy Goodman</ref> May 14, 2008 at home. They were married for 64 years. Both artist and editor, Roslyn had a role in editing all of Zinn's books and many of his (contracted; show full)[[nl:Howard Zinn]]
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