How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America a famous actor with whom

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Richly told and profoundly moving

She embarks on a surprise-filled cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it

First published in 2004

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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America a famous actor with whomThis "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. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on 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