Readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States

howard zinn anthony arnove brian w. jones danny glover josh brolin

Bold and empowering words from America’s struggles, past and present, are resurrected here by some of our leading living voices. An all-star cast joines authors Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove to perform the rousing words of dissent that have shaped and quickened the pulse of a nation.
This audio CD consists of sixteen readings thoughtfully selected by Zinn and Arnove from Voices of a People’s History of the United States, the long-awaited primary source companion to Zinn’s seminal A People’s History of the United States. The voices of our history are given new voices, the brazen spirit of rebellion and resistance are alive and well again.

Genres historynonfictionpoliticsamerican historysocial justiceessayseducationhistoricalfeminismanthologies

45 pages, Audio CD

First published September 1,2004

This edition

Format: 45 pages, Audio CD
Published: November 7, 2006 by Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 9781583227527
ASIN: 1583227520
Language: English

About the author

howard zinn

Howard Zinn was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 1994), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at the age of 87.