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The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month
The Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month

We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.

By Clint Smith

The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithFebruary 25, 2026The AtlanticComment
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail
Those Who Try to Erase History Will Fail

Montgomery shows what’s possible when museums aren’t subject to capricious executive orders.

By Clint Smith

The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithJanuary 19, 2026The AtlanticComment
What Next: What Kids Aren’t Learning About US History, An Interview with Slate
What Next: What Kids Aren’t Learning About US History, An Interview with Slate
Clinton SmithJanuary 5, 2026Comment
Clint Smith on CBS Mornings: How the Word Is Passed - Young Readers Edition
Clint Smith on CBS Mornings: How the Word Is Passed - Young Readers Edition
Interview, VideoClinton SmithNovember 17, 2025Comment
Podcast: The Most Important Question: A Conversation with Clint Smith
Podcast: The Most Important Question: A Conversation with Clint Smith
Podcast, InterviewClinton SmithNovember 17, 2025Comment
Tell Students the Truth About American History
Tell Students the Truth About American History

We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.

By Clint Smith

The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithNovember 16, 2025The AtlanticComment
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?

Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithOctober 10, 2025The AtlanticComment
Tour Announcement: How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers)
Tour Announcement: How the Word Is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers)

Join Clint Smith on the road as he shares How the Word Is Passed - Adapted for Young Readers with young audiences.

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EventsClinton SmithSeptember 2, 2025Tour, How the Word Is PassedComment
The Meaning of Trump’s Attack on the Smithsonian
The Meaning of Trump’s Attack on the Smithsonian

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithAugust 22, 2025The AtlanticComment
Twenty Years After the Storm
Twenty Years After the Storm

What home meant before, and after, Hurricane Katrina.

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithAugust 12, 2025The AtlanticComment
How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing
How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

A review of Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship, by Dana A. Williams

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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EssayClinton SmithJuly 9, 2025The AtlanticComment
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America

And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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ArticleClinton SmithApril 29, 2025The Atlantic
Republicans Tear Down a Black Lives Matter Mural
Republicans Tear Down a Black Lives Matter Mural

Symbols aren’t just symbols.

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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ArticleClinton SmithApril 29, 2025The Atlantic
Best Books of the Century: Kirkus Reviews
Best Books of the Century: Kirkus Reviews

How the Word Is Passed is listed as one Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Century.

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Clinton SmithApril 2, 2025Comment
Writing Our Roots: Jesmyn Ward & Clint Smith at Baldwin & Co.
Writing Our Roots: Jesmyn Ward & Clint Smith at Baldwin & Co.
Clinton SmithJanuary 28, 2025Comment
The Education of an Author: Clint Smith in Conversation with John Green
The Education of an Author: Clint Smith in Conversation with John Green
Clinton SmithJanuary 28, 2025Comment
Say Nothing: Memory and History on Screen, A Conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing: Memory and History on Screen, A Conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe
Clinton SmithJanuary 28, 2025Comment
How Do You Forgive The People Who Killed Your Family?

Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side.

By: Clint Smith
The Atlantic

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ArticleClinton SmithOctober 25, 2024The Atlantic
The Micro Podcast: Zaborowske x Taylor x Ruffin x Smith

The parental meditations of Clint, Claire, Maurice and Richie are explored.


The Micro Podcast

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PodcastClinton SmithMay 3, 2024Poetry, Above Ground
Clint Smith - The Gun

Clint reads The Gun live at The Bell House in NYC.


Button Poetry

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VideoClinton SmithMay 3, 2024Poetry
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