Sonia Murrow

Sonia Murrow is a professor of education at Brooklyn College and co-author (with Robert Cohen) of Rethinking America's Past: Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States in the Classroom and Beyond.

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Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian” Howard Zinn at 100: Remembering “The People’s Historian”

Zinn made no pretense of neutrality. He believed that “in a world of conflict,” it was the historian’s job to advocate for the oppressed.

Aug 24, 2022 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

Howard Zinn

Debate and Controversy Make History Education Better Debate and Controversy Make History Education Better

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States didn’t make students hate America—and nor does Critical Race Theory or the 1619 Project.

Sep 22, 2021 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

Who’s Afraid of Radical History?

Who’s Afraid of Radical History? Who’s Afraid of Radical History?

Mitch Daniels’s covert war on Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.

Aug 5, 2013 / Robert Cohen and Sonia Murrow

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