How Did Howard Zinn Change the History of the United States?

On the next Your Call, we'll look back at the writing, activism, and life story of social historian Howard Zinn. His influential People's History of the United States sold over a million copies and is used in many history courses. What did his work mean to you? How did it change your perspective of history?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcall.org. How should Zinn's work influence the way history is taught in the future? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Daniel Ellsberg, an activist and political analyst. His leaking of the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times set in motion a chain of events that ended not only the Nixon presidency but the Vietnam War.

Ron Briley, a history teacher and assistant headmaster at Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has taught for over thirty years.

Olive Mitra, a humanities and English literature teacher at June Jordan School for Equity, a San Francisco public high school.

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Your Call 022609 How do you find your voice and change your world?

How do you find your voice and change your world? On the next Your Call -- in conjunction with an event Thursday night celebrating the voices in Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States -- we'll talk about the voices that inspire us and how we can inspire others. What are the voices from U.S. history that have inspired you? You can send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join live at 11 am. Who is speaking out today that will belong in the People's History a century from now? When have you found your own voice? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anthony Arnove in San Francisco
Writer, editor and activist. He is the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and the editor, with Howard Zinn, of Voices of a People's History of the United States.

James Kass in San Francisco
Founder & executive director of Youth Speaks, which creates writing, poetry, and spoken word programs for young people. Kass was the 1996 San Francisco Poetry Slam Champion and launched Brave New Voices, the International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, which is hosted in a different American city each year. Youth Speaks is based in San Francisco, but has affiliate programs in many other cities including New York, Seattle, Honolulu and Los Angeles.

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