How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
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Author: Clint Smith
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback
Condition: Used
Pages: 352
Published: December 27, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is a New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner that examines how the legacy of slavery is remembered and misremembered across America. Poet and journalist Clint Smith travels to landmarks such as Monticello, Angola Prison, and Confederate cemeteries, weaving together history, reportage, and personal reflection to show how slavery’s painful past continues to shape our present.
Through powerful storytelling and meticulous research, Smith offers a profound reckoning with the ways memory and history intertwine, challenging us to confront the truths that many would prefer to ignore.
