How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
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TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316492935Subject(s): African Americans -- Social conditions -- History | Monuments -- United States | Racism -- United States -- History | Discrimination | Slavery -- United States -- History | Slaveholders -- United States -- History | Historic sites -- United States | Plantations -- United States | Ethnology -- Study and teaching | Minorities -- Study and teachingGenre/Form: Instructional and educational works. DDC classification: 973/.0496073 LOC classification: E185 | .S58123 2021| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 973/.049 SMIT (Browse shelf) | Available | 63014 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320) and index.
"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 :" Gorée Island -- "I lived it :" epilogue -- About this project.
Examines the legacy of slavery by highlighting the continued preservation of monuments and landmarks that hold violent and racist symbolism.
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