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

by Clint Smith (Author)#1 New York Times Bestseller New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction - Stowe Prize - 2022 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism National Book Awards (2021) ALA Notable Books Award (2022) 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. “What [Smith] does, quite successfully, is show that we whitewash our history at our own risk. That history is literally still here, taking up acres of space, memorializing the past, and teaching us how we got to be where we are, and the way we are. Bury it now and it will only come calling later." - USA Today "Part of what makes this book so brilliant is its bothandedness. It is both a searching historical work and a journalistic account of how these historic sites operate today. Its both carefully researched and lyrical. I m