In an interview with Harvard University, Clint Smith explores the way white supremacy continues to shape how we think about our history—and ourselves.
By Paul Massari
Harvard University, July 30, 2021
States make millions off phone-call fees from incarcerated people, but the cost can be even higher for their families.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, July 29, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about how Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 to enforce that clause, how enslavers throughout the country used that rule, and the long-term effects of this law.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 23, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the 3/5 Clause and the Fugitive Slave clause, which entrenched the institution of slavery in the fundamental law of the new United States.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 10, 2021
The squad has transformed culturally since the last time the English were champions. I’m rooting for the future it represents.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, July 9, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the Black people took who took up arms on both sides of the American Revolution.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 2, 2021
Clint Smith is interviewed by the New Orleans Times Picayune where he discusses his book How the Word Is Passed.
By Susan Larson
New Orleans Times Picayune, July 2, 2021
This year’s tournament has been unlike any I’ve ever witnessed, a reminder that when soccer fans enter a stadium, it becomes a church.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, July 2, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as Vanity Fair’s “11 books we think you should read this month.”
By Keziah Weir
Vanity Fair, July 1, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as New York Times Editors Choice “10 new books we recommend this week.”
By Gregory Cowles
New York Times, July 1, 2021
Clint is interviewed on The Roots Presents: It’s Lit where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed and critical race theory.
By Maiysha Kai
The Roots Presents: It’s Lit, July 1, 2021
Clint is interviewed on MPR where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed and critical race theory.
By Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon
MPR, June 23, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of TED’s notable book to “expand your horizons and widen your world.”
By Pamela Stock
Ted, June 23, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as Elle’s “best new books to read in summer 2021.”
By Lauren Puckett-Pope and Mariah Kreutter
Elle, June 23, 2021
Clint is interviewed on KPCC’s AirTalk where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed.
By Air Talk
KPCC, June 22, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about a teenager who attained literacy and wrote poems that reached a large slice of the population and helped changed the ways that white Colonists thought about Black people.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, June 18, 2021
Clint is interviewed on Democracy Now where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed.
By Amy Goodman
Democracy Now, June 18, 2021
Clint Smith shares an except of his book, How the Word Is Passed, in Paris Review.
By Clint Smith
Paris Review, June 18, 2021
Clint is interviewed on Don Lemon Tonight where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed.
By Don Lemon
Don Lemon Tonight, June 17, 2021
Clint is interviewed on PBS MetroFocus where he discusses his book, How the Word Is Passed.
By PBS MetroFocus
PBS MetroFocus, June 17, 2021