Thursday, October 18, 2012

8. Howard Zinn


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.

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