Tonight! The People Speak - The History Channel

[asdjrocky]

Premiering Sunday December 13, 8/7c

Democracy is not a spectator sport. Using dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries and speeches of everyday Americans, THE PEOPLE SPEAK gives voice to those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history, forging a nation from the bottom up with their insistence on equality and justice. Narrated by Howard Zinn and based on his best-selling books, A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History of the United States, THE PEOPLE SPEAK illustrates the relevance of these passionate historical moments to our society today and reminds us never to take liberty for granted.

By Dr. Libby H. O'Connell for HISTORY Magazine

Author, historian, teacher, activist, and now television producer Dr. Howard Zinn is a man on a mission. He wants Americans to recognize the power of protest in shaping their country's history. Along with executive producers Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Arnove, he is moving his message from high schools and college campuses to film and, later this year, to HISTORY.

Zinn, 87, has been a history professor for most of his professional career, and in the lecture hall and in his writings, particularly his very popular A People's History of the United States, he espouses history "from the ground up" in an articulate and engaging way. If our textbooks present the story of America only through the eyes of its generals and presidents, Zinn argues, it gives "a distorted view of the past." Certainly he provides a powerful counterbalance to the hero-centric approach of traditional textbooks. In 2004 Zinn joined with Dr. Anthony Arnove to publish a collection of primary source documents titled Voices of a People's History of the United States, an academic bestseller on college and high school campuses. The materials range across the length of American history and feature letters, petitions, poems, speeches, and songs from "women and slaves, immigrants and youth, soldiers and students."

more at link-
http://www.history.com/content/people-speak/the-people-speak-story

Watch it with your kids, your friends and your neighbors. Tell everyone.

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1. Looks good. n/t

[asdjrocky]

2. Howard Zinn changed my life.

I can not wait to see this.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

3. He definitely is inspirational

changed how I viewed history/ and current events

I'm grateful for Howard Zenn

[asdjrocky]

4. Found the book about 12 years ago.

Made me look at everything, I mean everything I thought I knew about history in a different light. Since I read that book I've probably bought and given away 20 copies.

[asdjrocky]

5. We'll try this again...

[hippywife]

6. We don't have cable

but I know what you mean about Zinn. Turned everything I've ever learned on its head. Or actually turned it right-side up, I should say.

Thankfully he and those like him are there to speak the truth.

[asdjrocky]

7. You can see a lot of the speeches at the link too.

I've already watched three or four.

[asdjrocky]

8. Kick.