Screen LibraryHow the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America /
"'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...
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Little, Brown and Company,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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"'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 nation's collective history, and ourselves."-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 336 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780316492935 0316492930 9780316269476 0316269476 9780316278744 0316278742 9780316492911 0316492914 |
| Index Number: | E441 |
| CLC: |
K712.8 D771.262-09 |
| Call Number: | D771.262-09/S644 |
| 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:" Gore?e Island -- "I lived it:" Epilogue -- About this project. |