02206cam a2200445 i 4500 1251773620 OCoLC 20210720111015.0 210519s2021 nyu e b 001 0 eng d 2020949144 9780316492935 (OCoLC)1251773620 NjBwBT eng SFS rda QQ3 n-us--- E185 .S58123 2021 973/.0496073 23 Smith, Clint, author. 8659 How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cm. text rdacontent. unmediated rdamedia. volume rdacarrier. 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. African Americans Social conditions History. 8660 Monuments United States. 8661 Racism United States History. 8662 Discrimination. 8663 Slavery United States History. 8664 Slaveholders United States History. 8665 Historic sites United States. 8666 Plantations United States. 8667 Ethnology Study and teaching. 8668 Minorities Study and teaching. 8669 Instructional and educational works. lcgft. 5903 ddc BOOK 27745 27745 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2021-07-20 29.00 0 973/.049 SMIT 63014 2021-07-20 2021-07-20 BOOK