Howard Zinn is a Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 to January 27, 2010), was a professor emeritus at Boston University, ahistorian, playwright, and social activist. The author of numerous books, he hasreceived the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the Eugene V.Debs Award for his writing and political activism. In 2003 he was awarded thePrix des Amis du Monde Diplomatique. Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 to January 27, 2010), was a professor emeritus at Boston University, ahistorian, playwright, and social activist. The author of numerous books, he hasreceived the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the Eugene V.Debs Award for his writing and political activism. In 2003 he was awarded thePrix des Amis du Monde Diplomatique. Besides teaching and writing, Professor Zinn repeatedly riskedlife and limb by personally participating in the civil rights, ant-war and otheractivist movements. (Photo Credit: Troy Johnson)