Going south to Atlanta was an eye opener to the oppression and Jim Crow south were he was not in his environment of the north in New York City. He was not concerned that he would be working at a Negro school, but it was just another job that paid the bills. He did not go there expecting to play a role in the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movements. His presence at Spelman brought a new spirit to the women that urged them to fight for what was right and that was their basic human rights as a citizen in this country.

His first encounter he writes on was a trip to a Georgia State Legislature session where he and his students were forced to sit in the colored section in the balcony when they purposely sat on the area reserved for whites on the main floor. They reluctantly mov

His diligent work with the anti-war movement did not go in vain. After the fall of Saigon in 1975, the war was over. He was overcome by a sense of relief at Brandies at the time and was instructing perhaps his last teach-in. He was excited in that apparently powerless people, both in the U.S. and Vietnam, had confronted a huge power of the United States government and brought the was to an end.

By 1970, the war was escalated and protests at colleges were on the rise. After the incident at Kent State, Jackson State, and the invasion of Cambodia, college students organized a nationwide student strike. Zinn was invited to speak at numerous commencement ceremonies, but often was rejected by administrators and the conservative public. He spoke at second “counter-ceremonies”. His experience at Newton High School was most interesting because he was welcomed by the students but again shunned by the administrators. He only agreed to speak if the majority of the students wanted him there though a democratic vote. He won and gave a speech, but not without opposition such as bomb threats and walkouts. He debated William F. Buckley at Tufts University. As shock to Buckley, many people applauded Zinn’s opposition and he did not understand his criticism of the American government.

He sympathized with communists because he realized what they were all about. He knew that the communists might provide land, medical care, and education more equitably to the poor. The Unites States was and still is on a global spread of their so called democracy, but Zinn has seen first hand on how it fails especially during the Civil Rights Movement.

Being a veteran of World War I made him realize the horrors of war and why it occurs. After his tour of duty, he sought to find out why the United States were doing the things that they were doing. He discovered that the country is out for world domination and they did not want their credibility challenged. They did senseless acts of war to established that they are truly are world power.

Zinn’s working class background influenced his social change career. He was a truck loader working for a warehouse and a veteran on the G.I. Bi

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