Remembering Howard Zinn The historian and activist dedicated his life to "the countless small actions of unknown people". {Howard was a friend of Change Links} By Norm Chomsky Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured professor at Spelman College in Atlanta after siding with black [...]