Shaping up to be one of my favorite books of the year is Clint Smith’s HOW THE WORD IS PASSED, an examination of America’s history of slavery and racism through the lens of various significant locations locations such as Monticello, Angola Prison, Blandford Cemetery, and more. Smith does a fantastic job weaving information about these locations with historical facts about slavery and racism; it all flows seamlessly, and the descriptive writing is gorgeous.
Hadeer Elsbai 