Reply #13: It is history thru the eyes of a dedicated revolutionary

[rinsd]

"The struggles of the working man, the slave, the native was ignored in my day"

Well I am sorry for your day. I am all of 30 but I studied these subjects in school.

My first year of US history in High School (revolution thru Civil War) had quite a focus slavery, Manifest Destiny and the struggles of the early Republic matching its ideals with reality.

My 2nd year of US history dealt with Civil War to present. We rushed thru post WW2 history but we spent quite a deal of time on the industrial revolution and the robber barons. Then we spend a great deal of time on Teddy Roosevelt and then the GreatDepression/New Deal.
"I got punished for writing about the civil rights movement."

That's a shame. No its a damn shame. One of the paper's I am proudest of was the confrontation in Greensboro between communists and KKK members.

Doesn't change my opinion of Zinn's book though, which is decent read but not reference worthy irregardless of what Matt Damon has to say about it.