Editors at @nytimesbooks have released the 10 best titles for this year. Among them are @ClintSmithIII's “How the Word Is Passed” & @agordonreed's “On Juneteenth.”
Smith and Gordon-Reed joined us at #TribFest21 to discuss how slavery shaped our history: bit.ly/3djhQtK
Smith and Gordon-Reed joined us at #TribFest21 to discuss how slavery shaped our history: bit.ly/3djhQtK
.@ClintSmithIII said places reckon with their own relationship to the history of slavery.
.@agordonreed, a Texas native, talked about the importance of discussing the afterlife of slavery.
“I think it’s important for us to do this because it explains a lot of where we are now.”
“I think it’s important for us to do this because it explains a lot of where we are now.”
In “How the Word Is Passed” @ClintSmithIII writes about Angola, a maximum-security prison built on a former plantation in Louisiana, where 75% of inmates are black men, most serving life sentences.
“It is accepted by many ... as a sort of natural part of that landscape.”
“It is accepted by many ... as a sort of natural part of that landscape.”
.@agordonreed also talked about the annual commemoration of Juneteenth.
“I’m hoping … people will think about this as a matter of the past but will link it till today and say, what do we still have to do? How far do we still have to go?”
“I’m hoping … people will think about this as a matter of the past but will link it till today and say, what do we still have to do? How far do we still have to go?”
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