ALICE WALKER Alice Walker was an activist and feminist because she protested for the right of blacks to vote in Georgia and Mississippi. She was against racism and also sexism. On March 8th 2003‚ 5‚000 protestors and Alice Walker marched from Malcolm X Park to the White House for women to have the same human rights as men. She also made an activist group with 60 other female activists in order to persuade Israel and Egypt to open their borders in Gaza. She wrote and supported various civil rights
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Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States CHAPTER 1‚ pg. 1-22 Columbus‚ the Indians and human progress. Directions: read the above chapter and answer the following questions on this sheet. Major Question: Is Christopher Columbus a Hero? 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? 2. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? 3. What is Zinn’s basic criticism of historian Samuel Eliot
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Kyle Freund History 1302 TTH 10-11:20 11/28/12 Zinn‚ Howard. The Bomb. Pollen: City Light Books‚ 2010. Call No. 940.54’2521954 The Bomb gives a unique insight on the bombing of Hiroshima and Royan from the perspective of an air force bombardier World War II veteran Howard Zinn. This two-part book includes Zinn’s essay over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Zinn’s experiences of the bombing over the town of Royan. Although this book may be a quick read‚ it is an influential and inspiring
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innovating and creative for this particular period in the film production industry. This type of filming industry has become important to the American society‚ and there are beliefs that Hollywood has influential effects on a society as well. Howard Zinn was a professor and currently is a book publisher‚ a play‚ and musical writer. Howard soon realizes in his career‚ something seems to be odd about the way Hollywood makes films in history. He felt it was very important for the public to realize how
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A People’s History of the United States is a book that explores the history of the United States. Howard Zinn writes from an omniscient point of view‚ this includes the view of the European explorers‚ the Native Americans‚ and scholars who study the discovery of America. Zinn’s book isn’t an alternative history as some say‚ it is history told with excruciating details that allow for reasoning from bias and change the impression of readers‚ and something to learn off of when it comes to history in
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• CHAPTER I 1. According to Zinn‚ what is his main purpose for writing A People’s History of the United States? 2. What is Zinn’s thesis for pages 1-11? 3. According to Zinn‚ how is Columbus portrayed in traditional history books? 4. Why does Zinn dispute Henry Kissinger’s statement: “History is the memory of states?” 5. Identify one early and one subsequent motive that drove Columbus to oppress indigenous peoples. 6. What was the ultimate fate of the Arawak Indians? 7. What were the major causes
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The late Howard Zinn is a much respected historian. His views are known to be bold and nonetheless controversial. In his book‚ “A People’s History of the United States‚” Zinn touches on topics such as indentured servants‚ angry civilians‚ and the United States Constitution. Indentured servants were people of a lower economic class who worked for people of a higher economic background. These servants worked for a given amount of time‚ usually between five and seven years and either worked for
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Howard Zinn takes an interesting side when it comes to Columbus and his exploration in A People’s History of the United States. While others praise Columbus for what he discovered‚ Zinn condemns him and attempts to shed light on what treacheries that where committed during the explorations. His focus on the more negative outcomes causes a shift in perspective than most are used to and shows details that many historians may have left out or simply glossed over. In order to back up his opinions‚
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ZINN CHAPTER 5: Part I -- pp. 76-88 Study Questions 1. What support did the Revolutionary War effort have among the colonial population? The revolutionary War had some support from the colonial population. The Colonial population wasn’t very fond of the war. They did receive help from Sailors and mechanics who helped them with weapons‚ boats‚ etc. 2. What impact did slavery have on the war effort in the South? Slavery had a very large impact on the South’s was effort. Rebellions
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As an activist‚ anarchist‚ and self-declared democratic socialist‚ Howard Zinn admires the American people and their enthusiasm to improve their circumstances through protest and provocation (Zinn‚ Personal; Zinn‚ A People’s 9-10). He reflects this throughout A People’s History of the United States‚ placing emphasis on the plights of minorities‚ women‚ and the working class. By doing this‚ he chronicles the rarely told story of their struggle for equality in a biased‚ capitalist society. Though
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