Joe Allen (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, journalist, historian, and activist.
He authored People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago (ISBN 1608461262) published by Haymarket Books in 2011.
His latest book is The Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service (2016).
He entered the University of Massachusetts Boston in the fall of 1978 and took classes through 1983 but did not graduate.
[citation needed] His previous books, Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost and People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago, were both published by Haymarket books.