Timeline Introduction

Howard Zinn gives an accurate representation of people and ideas, which before had been ignored by a majority of history textbooks and professors. He reports on movements, rebellions, popular, organizations, and personal fights for justice that were virtually unknown before his work; sometimes even occurrences that were purposefully ignored and suppressed. In this timeline there are some examples of such struggles.

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