The radical historian and veteran anti-war/civil rights activist Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States," "Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal'' and "SNCC: The New Abolitionists'' among other works, died k in Santa Monica at 87. For more on Zinn's life and political and literary career, go to:

http://www.alternet.org/rights/145455/people%27s_historian_and_progressive_hero_howard_zinn_dies

or

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.html