Howard Zinn on Race is Zinnâ€™s choice of the shorter writings and speeches that best reflect his views on Americaâ€™s most taboo topic. As chairman of the history department at all black

Howard Zinn on Race

Howard Zinn on Race is Zinnâ€™s choice of the shorter writings and speeches that best reflect his views on Americaâ€™s most taboo topic. As chairman of the history department at all black womenâ€™s Spelman College, Zinn was an outspoken supporter of student activists in the nascent civil rights movement. In "The Southern Mystique," he tells of how he was asked to leave Spelman in 1963 after teaching there for seven years. "Behind every one of the national governmentâ€™s moves toward racial equality," writes Zinn in one 1965 essay, "lies the sweat and effort of boycotts, picketing, beatings, sit-ins, and mass demonstrations." He firmly believed that bringing people of different races and nationalities together would create a more compassionate world, where equality is a given and not merely a dream. These writings, which span decades, express Zinnâ€™s steadfast belief that the people have the power to change the status quo, if they only work together and embrace the nearly forgotten American tradition of civil disobedience and revolution. In clear, compassionate, and present prose, Zinn gives us his thoughts on the Abolitionists, the march from Selma to Montgomery, John F. Kennedy, picketing, sit-ins, and, finally, the message he wanted to send to New York University students about race in a speech he delivered during the last week of his life.
Country USA
Brand Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer Seven Stories Press
Binding Paperback
Color Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate 2011-06-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781609801342

Country	USA
Brand	Seven Stories Press
Manufacturer	Seven Stories Press
Binding	Paperback
Color	Burgundy/maroon
ReleaseDate	2011-06-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781609801342

Howard Zinn on Race

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