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Theory Howard Zinn is a remarkable man. His diligence and ambition towards social change is very admirable. His book, You Can’t Be Neutral on an Moving Train, is an autobiography about his experiences in several social movements and his intricate part in fighting for his beliefs. He chronicles his experiences beginning with his working class background from his tour of duty in World War I, to tenure at Spelman College, and to his disposition of the Vietnam War. Going south to Atlanta was an eye opener to the oppression and Jim Crow south were he was not in his environment of the north in New York City. He was not concerned that he would be working at a Negro school, but it was just another job that paid the bills. He did not go there expecting to play a role in the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movements. His presence at Spelman brought a new spirit to the women that urged them to fight for what was right and that was their basic human rights as a citizen in this country. His first encounter he writes on was a trip to a Georgia State Legislature session where he and his students war, movement, rights, government, zinn, working, vietnam, students, states, people, after, united, spelman, change, about, world, time, social, resistance, public, one, new, freedom, fighting, fight, country, civil, because, system, student, state, spoke, power, out, johnson, japan