Clint shares a lesson about Randolph, Bayard Rustin, the march they planned, and the movement it inspired. We'll also talk about how the dream of the 1941 march was ultimately deferred for more than 20 years.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, January 28, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of Reader’s 2022 Notable Books.
By Ninah Moore
RUSA, January 23, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the finalists for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Awards.
By Dorany Pineda
Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the experience of Black Americans in World War II. We'll look at the ways Black men and women served in the armed services during the war, and look at life on the homefront.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, January 15, 2022
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century.
By Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker
BBC, December 22, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about one of the most interesting minds of the time, Zora Neale Hurston. Hurston was an anthropologist by training, and spent much of her career studying and documenting the lives of Black people in the southern US.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, January 8, 2022
Clint shares a lesson about the Great Depression, which lasted from 1929 until the US entered World War II. This depression profoundly changed the US economy, and we'll focus on how the depression impacted Black Americans.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, December 11, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, a shameful example of racism in American medicine, and a tragedy that still impacts how many Black Americans think about healthcare today.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, December 24, 2021
The poet Amanda Gorman discusses her new collection, Call Us What We Carry, and how the last year has brought new urgency to her writing.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, December 16, 2021
Wesley Lowery and Clint Smith discuss the "battle happening about how we tell the story of this country."
By Wesley Lowry
GQ, December 16, 2021
The number is so enormous that we risk becoming numb to its implications.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, December 14, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century.
By Daniel Riley
GQ, December 9, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by The Economist.
By The Economist
The Economist, December 11, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by Teen Vogue.
By Kaitlyn McNab
Teen Vogue, December 6, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about Black thinkers with different ideas about civil rights, fair labor practices, and Black nationalism.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, December 4, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by Editors at The Times Book Review.
By Editors at The Times Book Review
New York Times, November 30, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by Smithsonian Scholars.
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Smithsonian Magazine, November 24, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best books of 2021 by the New York Public Library.
By New York Public Library
New York Public Library, November 23, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named as one of the best nonfiction books of 2021 by Kirkus Books.
By Kirkus Books
Kirkus, November 22, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about some of the writers, artists, and musicians who turned Harlem into a world-renowned hub of art and culture, and delve into the factors that brought them all together in the first place.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, November 19, 2021