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Clint Smith is an American writer, poet, and scholar. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several acclaimed works including 'Counting Descent' and 'How the Word Is Passed'.
Known for: How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
In this powerful work of narrative nonfiction, Clint Smith takes readers on a journey across the United States to examine how the legacy of slavery is remembered and misremembered. Through visits to monuments, plantations, prisons, and historical landmarks, Smith explores the ways in which history is told, who tells it, and how that shapes our understanding of the present. Blending reportage, history, and personal reflection, the book offers a profound meditation on memory, identity, and justice.
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Monticello Plantation
The gates of Monticello open onto one of America’s most mythologized landscapes, and one of its most haunted. Thomas Jefferson envisioned this hilltop estate as a living testament to enlightenment ideals—reason, self-governance, human progress. Yet behind every polished narrative of genius and liber...
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Whitney Plantation
If Monticello represents a shift toward acknowledgment, the Whitney Plantation signifies a revolution in remembrance. Located along the banks of the Mississippi River in Louisiana, it was the first of its kind in the United States—a plantation museum dedicated entirely to the experience of the ensla...
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About Clint Smith
Clint Smith is an American writer, poet, and scholar. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several acclaimed works including 'Counting Descent' and 'How the Word Is Passed'. Smith holds a Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University and is known for his insightful explorations of rac...
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Clint Smith is an American writer, poet, and scholar. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several acclaimed works including 'Counting Descent' and 'How the Word Is Passed'. Smith holds a Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University and is known for his insightful explorations of rac...
Clint Smith is an American writer, poet, and scholar. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several acclaimed works including 'Counting Descent' and 'How the Word Is Passed'. Smith holds a Ph.D. in Education from Harvard University and is known for his insightful explorations of race, history, and social justice.
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Clint Smith is an American writer, poet, and scholar. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of several acclaimed works including 'Counting Descent' and 'How the Word Is Passed'.
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