Howard Zinn Douglass Healey USU Salt Lake City Campus Spring 2015 The life of Howard Zinn spans across many decades and has much to be discussed. What challenges did Zinn and the colleagues of these times face. As well we will talk of his individual biography and the educational ideas he presented and what makes him and these ideas so influential. Howard Zinn was born August 1922 and died January 2010 in his lifetime there was the civil rights movement, World War 2, Vietnam war along with so many other issues in human rights and peace which led to the way Zinn saw the world and acted in it. Throughout his life there were many different social, political, and educational challenges that came up. Howard was born in New York City …show more content…
Zinn accompanied these friends to a peaceful rally in Times Square where the police showed up mounted and in riot gear. Howard was hit and knocked unconscious leading him to a new belief and standpoint of a new order filled with peace and cooperation. Zinn graduated from high school and went on to work as a shipbuilder. After forming an apprentice association he would later meet his wife on a boat trip on the Hudson River to raise money for this organization. Roslyn Shecter who was also from Brooklyn shared similar beliefs with Zinn and she was also a child of …show more content…
Our people are basically decent and caring, and our highest ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence, which says that all of us have an equal right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The history of our country, I point out in my book, is a striving, against corporate robber barons and war makers, to make those ideals a reality — and all of us, of whatever age, can find immense satisfaction in becoming part of that.” (making history,