Cover image for How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
TITLE:
How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Company,
Physical Description:
xiii, 336 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
'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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316492935