![]() ![]() It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving over 400 people on the premises. landmarks and monuments.įollowing the conversation, books will be available for sale and signing from Loyalty Bookstores.īeginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader through 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 shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves. In conversation with Hannah Oliver Depp of Loyalty Bookstores, Smith will discuss his book exploring the legacy of slavery in U.S. Join us for a special conversation with Clint Smith to discuss his National Book Critics Circle Award-winning book How the Word is Passed, our 2022 DC Reads title. ![]()
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