After watching the video on Howard Zinn I though he was
inspirational. He stood up for what he believed in and protested against the
law and other people for what he believed was right. Not many people would
stand in front of a crowd and talk about such controversial issues like racial segregation
when so many people would not have agreed with him, but that never stopped him
putting himself in possible danger just to make other people see his point of
view. Howard did things like challenge his class of all African American students
to protest against segregation and challenge it to make others see it was
wrong. Some of his students got arrested standing up to the authorities, because
he was so involved in such a controversial issue of that time he was fired from
his teaching job. However that did not stop Howard he continued to protest and
fight for what was right. I think more people should be like Howard and have
the courage to stand up for what they believe even if other people don’t agree
with them. Everyone has different ideals and should be able to share them with
the world no matter the consequences. We should all inspire to be more like
Howard.
