How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.

By:

Smith, Clint

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still image

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780316492935

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Genre/Form:

Instructional and educational works.

LOC classification:

E441 .S654 2021

Contents:

"The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" prologue -- "There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation -- "An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation -- "I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison -- "I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery -- "Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island -- "We were the good guys, right?" New York City -- "One slave is too much:" Gorée Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project.

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.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	E441 .S654 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33039001489177

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'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.

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