Clint Smith

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December 28, 2020

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A Poet Reflects On How We Reckon — Or Fail To Reckon — With The Legacy Of Slavery

Atlantic writer Clint Smith grew up surrounded by Confederate iconography, being told that the Civil War wasn't about slavery. He shares a poem from his forthcoming book, How the Word Is Passed.

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A Poet Reflects On How We Reckon — Or Fail To Reckon — With The Legacy Of Slavery

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