American historian and critic Howard Zinn has died of a heart attack. The author of the influential history book A People’s History of the United States, Zinn was 87.
His obituary from the Boston Globe recounts his career and his influence on modern historians and students, and includes details of his run-ins as an agitator at Boston University.
From the Who2 blog:
| Latest: | The 'S' in 'Harry S. Truman' Really DID Stand for Something |
| Next: | John Edwards and Wife Elizabeth Have Split Up |
| Prev: | Happy Anniversary, Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy! |
| Tags: | Howard Zinn |