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-” . = STATES DEPARTMENT of srrce FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Boston, Massachusetts File No. June 9, 1964 HOWARD ZINN Howard Zinn, also known as Howie Zinn, born August 24, 1922, at Brooklyn, New York, formerly a Professor of History at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, now resides at 45 Chapin Road, Newton Center, Massachusetts. He is presently a self-employed writer from his residence, Zinn was identified as a member of the Communist Party, USA, from 1949 to 1953, in New York City, and since that time he has continued to demonstrate pro-Communist and anti-United States sympathies. ginn was organizer of a seminar on "American Policy Toward China" held at the Atlanta University Center May 9 and 10, 1962, while employed as a Professor at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia. One of the seminar speakers was William Worthy, described as a pro-Castro reporter for the Negro newspaper, "Baltimore Afro-American," who spoke favorably of the "Black Muslims," praised a fugitive being sought by the FBI and denounced United States policy toward Cuba. Zinn appeared to be in agreement with Worthy. William Worthy was found guilty on August 8, 1962, of entering the United States without a valid passport, in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, which judgment was subsequently reversed and Worthy was discharged. The "Boston Globe," a Boston, Massachusetts newspaper, in its issue of January 4, 1964, carried an article entitled "Justice Department Criticized." ‘The article reported that Howard Zinn, a former professor of Political Science at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, had given a speech before the American Jewish Congress at Boston, Massachusetts, in which he had been critical of Attorney General Robert Kennedy for his failure to prosecute civil rights violations and to protect the Negro against white violence. at %; YE rHh mo peo capt SF