You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Date and Time

Aug 24, 2022 7:00 pm

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People's historians and artists commemorate Howard Zinn's 100th Anniversary


On Wednesday, August 24, 2022, sports historian Dave Zirin and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will host an event with special guests to commemorate Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010) and other people’s historians on this 100th anniversary year. The event will be on the anniversary of Zinn’s birth and the theme is from the title of his biography, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Guest speakers include Martín Espada, Kidada E. Williams, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Imani Perry, Alice Walker, Lauren Cooper, and more.

The event is hosted by the Zinn Education Project, the Howard Zinn Trust, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University, and Busboys and Poets.

REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM LINK: https://www.zinnedproject.org/howard-zinn-centennial-week-events/

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