“A Peoplea History of the United States” by Howard Zinn was born in 1980 already a problem child. America delivered it and immediately said “send it back”. It wasn’t polite enough. It didn’t worship the Founding Fathers. It didn’t do that little patriotic two-step schools love so much. They didn’t ban it because it lies. They banned it because it tells the truth too clearly. A People’s History isn’t just a book. It’s a witness. An accomplice. A reminder that the real story of America was written