How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America
2021,
Book
, xiii, 336 pages ;
5
holds /
38 copies
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Summary/Review:
'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves.