Clint Smith

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.