Lunch and Learn: "The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn" by Dave Zirin

Co-presented with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights

This fall, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!

Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Dave Zirin in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing her book, "The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn."

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About the Book: 

From The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin, "The People’s Historian" is a deeply researched biography of Howard Zinn, the beloved author of the classic national bestseller with more than four million copies sold, A People’s History of the United States.

The People’s Historian shows Zinn’s presence on the great canvases of the 20th century: from the Depression to World War II to the Civil Rights Movement to the war in Vietnam all the way until his death in 2010. With intimately researched stories from Zinn’s life and career, such as the way Atlanta’s small Spelman College, where Zinn taught as a young professor, helped launch the Civil Rights Movement, Zinn’s work traveling to Hanoi to engineer the release of POWs, and his continuing influence in the emerging Democratic Socialist movement, "The People’s Historian" explores Zinn’s past while also demonstrating how his 75 years of political engagement with the social struggles of his time informs our perilous present.

With input from family and access to Zinn’s personal papers, "The People’s Historian" paints a picture of the man behind "A People’s History," examining his work and legacy in the broader context of the United States.

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About the author: 

Dave Zirin is the sports editor at The Nation Magazine, their first sports editor in 160 years of existence. He is the author of 11 books on the politics of sports, including most recently "The Kaepernick Effect." He is the co-producer, writer and narrator of several documentaries including "Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL." Zirin has also worked as an advisor for filmmakers and documentarians such as Ang Lee and Ken Burns. Named one of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Zirin has been a frequent guest on ESPN, MSNBC, and CNN. He also hosts The Nation’s Edge of Sports Podcast and cohosts the radio program The Collison on WPFW. His new book is a biography of the historian Howard Zinn called "The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn."