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Book Look: 'How the Word is Passed' dives into the reality of American history, slavery
Watertown Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI have spent hundreds of hours during my life wondering why people believe what they do. Is it...
Clint Smith on W.E.B. Du Bois, 'The Warmth of Other Suns,' and the Book That Broke His Heart
Elle via AOL· 1 year agoThe award-winning author of 'How the Word is Passed' and 'Above Ground' on W.E.B. Du Bois, 'The...
As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it’s time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTemple “Tempie” Cummins stoically stares at the camera with her arms folded in her lap, sitting...
Fatherhood helped Clint Smith lean into 'levity' and 'silliness' in poetry collection 'Above Ground'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBecoming a father has made Clint Smith "lean into levity." Purchases you make through our links may...
Abcarian: Kids deserve to know the truth about America's racist past. Even if it's painful
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(Logan Cyrus / For The Times) Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Fla., told teachers to...
Are US churches setting the tone for reparations? How a movement is growing
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA concept proving viscous in public policy, nearly stagnant at the federal level, is gaining...
Prize-winning author Clint Smith working on book that will 'expand monolithic narrative' of WWII
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoPrize-winning author Clint Smith has a three-book deal with Random House, starting with an exploration of the impact of World War II upon everyone from a survivor of a Japanese internment camp ...
Book Look: 'Honjin Murders' takes peek into Japanese culture in compact locked room mystery
Watertown Public Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the past several years, I have planned to write a column on the "locked room" mystery, using a...
Book reading, watch event to explore slavery's history
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFeb. 4—A Black History Month program will delve into the history of the slave industry and its impact on today's society by revisiting key locations associated with the slave trade in 18th- ...
Chip Minemyer: Addressing what the history books leave out
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 16—Tifani Fisher knows that American history has long been recorded and taught "through a white lens." As president of the Allegany County, Maryland, chapter of the NAACP, she works daily ...