A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the
viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and
others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in stories
for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is
also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A
People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History
of the United States. Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus's
arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader
through the struggles for workers' rights, women's rights, and civil
rights during the 19th and 20th centuries, and ending with the current
protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn in the volumes of
A Young People's History of the United States presents a radical new
way of understanding America's history. In so doing, he reminds
listeners that America's true greatness is shaped by our dissident
voices, not our military generals.