Clint shares a lesson about the origins of these Black women clubs and some of the notable women who drove this movement.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 29, 2021
In this interview, Clint Smith on being human, healing on a plantation, and the difference between Jefferson and Grant.
By Helena de Groot
Poetry Off The Shelf, October 26, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best history books of 2021 by Barnes & Noble.
By Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, November, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by Publisher’s Weekly.
By Publisher’s Weekly
Publisher’s Weekly, November, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is reviewed by the Harvard Magazine and is described as “a powerful public history of slavery in America.”
By Drew Faust
Harvard Magazine, November, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois who were searching for ways to think about how and where Black Americans would fit into a post-slavery society.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 23, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions was the 1896 case of Plessy v Ferguson, which set the precedent that segregating people by race was acceptable.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 15, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the life story of journalist, orator, teacher, suffragette, and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 8, 2021
In an interview with CNN, Clint discusses the myths of about slavery that still hold America captive and his book How the Word Is Passed.
By John Blake
CNN, October 2, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the Reconstruction amendments, the Freedman's Bureau, and the election of 1876, among other things.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 24, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about how Black people fought and participated in the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, and lots more.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 17, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named to the longlist of the National Book Awards for nonfiction.
By National Book Foundation
National Book Foundation, September, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about one of the most famous writers, orators, and advocates of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 10, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the US Supreme Court decision in Scott vs Sanford, handed down in 1857.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 4, 2021
I don’t know how long the power will be out in New Orleans. But I know more storms are coming.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, September 3, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the origins of the Underground Railroad, the systems that helped people escape, and the people who helped along the route.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 27, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about Maria Stewart who flouted the social conventions of her time and place and became a notable public speaker, thinker, and writer.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 20, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the growth of the cotton industry, who benefited from it, and who was left out.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 13, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about group of enslaved people in Louisiana who rebelled, and the after effects would be felt in Louisiana and throughout the nation for decades.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 6, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the experience of enslaved women, and how their experience of slavery was different than men.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 31, 2021