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SNCC (Updated Third Edition): The New Abolitionists
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Expected 28 Jul 26An indispensable study of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from the author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States.
The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization and the social movements of the 1960s. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change is an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing in the tradition of SNCC to fight for a more just world.
This edition includes a new foreword from Anthony Arnove situating Howard Zinn's work and legacy for today’s activists and an afterword from Barbara Ransby reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC’s organizing and Zinn’s role in documenting many of the social justice movements of the 1960s.
The New Abolitionists influenced a generation of activists struggling for civil rights and seeking to learn from the successes and failures of those who built the fantastically influential Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It is considered an indispensable study of the organization and the social movements of the 1960s. Zinn’s documentation of the process of social change is an indispensable resource for activists who are continuing in the tradition of SNCC to fight for a more just world.
This edition includes a new foreword from Anthony Arnove situating Howard Zinn's work and legacy for today’s activists and an afterword from Barbara Ransby reflecting on the enduring importance of SNCC’s organizing and Zinn’s role in documenting many of the social justice movements of the 1960s.
304 pages, Paperback
Expected publication July 28, 2026
About the author
Howard Zinn
246 books2,854 followersHoward Zinn was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States in 1980. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 1994), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at the age of 87.
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 1994), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at the age of 87.
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