EP 008
June 1, 2021
Clint Smith on reckoning with the history of slavery in america.
Show Notes:
This week on the podcast, Angela welcomes Clint Smith, author of How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. Clint shares stories about the places he visited and people he met on his mission to understand the legacy of slavery in the US. Angie and Clint also talk about the gift of poetry, how much we can learn about the past by talking to our elders, and, the best kind of jokes, according to his kids.
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How the Word is Passed
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BUY NOWPart inspired meditation, part revealing work of American history, How the Word Is Passed is poet and educator Clint Smith's transcendent exploration of the places where the history of slavery has been preserved if not fully reckoned with.
Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint 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 nation's collective history, and ourselves.
Part inspired meditation, part revealing work of American history, How the Word Is Passed is poet and educator Clint Smith's transcendent exploration of the places where the history of slavery has been preserved if not fully reckoned with.
Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint 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 nation's collective history, and ourselves.