How the Word Is Passed
A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
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A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on a tour of monuments and landmarks that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping America's collective history
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I had high hopes for this, and it met them. A very thought-provoking book. I very much wish I could convince my family to read it and perhaps they'd slightly understand why I love and study history. (Instead, they just insist “history doesn't change” and insist that the heavily racist pro-slavery story they were given, and have sought ever since because it's familiar and therefore “safe” must be the truth.)