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How the Word Is Passed
This episode explores how the narratives we construct about slavery continue to shape our present, revealing the uncomfortable truths and deliberate omissions in our collective memory.
“This episode explores how the narratives we construct about slavery continue to shape our present, revealing the uncomfortable truths and deliberate omissions in our collective memory.”
— Clint Smith, How the Word Is Passed
American history, collective memory, racial justice, historical reckoning
If you've ever felt history is more alive than textbooks suggest a clearer lens on how the past shapes our present realities, and this will help you see what to do next.
Clint Smith, a poet and scholar, brings a journalist's rigor and a historian's depth to his exploration of how the legacy of slavery is remembered—or forgotten—across America's landscapes.