Join author Clint Smith and host Nicole Ellis for Critical Conversations about the stories that shape us-and where they can take us. Using extensive research and personal experiences, Clint offers a deeper understanding of how the truth can illuminate the past, impact the present, and inform the future. Join author Clint Smith and host Nicole Ellis for Critical Conversations. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks. The time has come for America to reconcile its not-so-distant history with where it stands today. The time has come for America to reconcile its not-so-distant history with where it stands today. This important and timely (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) 1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in Americaand how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. While some truth-seekers work to uncover America’s hidden past, many of our collective narratives remain watered down, fabricated, or distorted. How do we talk about, memorialize, and confront the legacy of slavery in America, particularly when many of its stories are ignored or erased? In his debut work of nonfiction, Clint Smith explores monuments, landmarks, and locations that are pivotal to the history of slavery-from Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Plantation in Virginia to the African Burial Ground in New York City.
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