How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith

Book Overview

This "important and timely" (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America--and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.

Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offer an intergenerational story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316492930
• ISBN13: 9780316492935
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"