A few of the many truths in Howard Zinn’s book “A People’s History of the United States” that your standard history textbooks might ignore.
Civil Rights
Eight People our History Classes Lied About (or Ignored): More from “A People’s History of the United States”
Seven Events in “A People’s History” That Will Knock You On Your Ass
THE NEW JIM CROW – Michele Alexander
Slavery in the United States didn’t end with the 13th Amendment – it remained as punishment for a crime. And boy, did America come up with some crimes.
A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES – Howard Zinn
“In the American historical system, the people are represented by several important groups: immigrants & enslaved people, workers & indigenous. These are their stories.” [DUN DUN]
THE END OF POLICING – Alex Vitale
Everything you’ve been told about policing is wrong – sociologist Alex Vitale can prove it.
RISE OF THE WARRIOR COP – Radley Balko
This influential book argues (from a libertarian perspective) that the drug war, Patriot Act, and militarized policing are not only ineffective, but unconstitutional and un-American.
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING – Ibram X. Kendi
Don’t let the size or heavy subject matter fool you: this is a fascinating, heartbreaking, and compulsively readable history of how “race” was constructed as an idea in America.
