Charles A Hilton Boeken

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping America's collective history. It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives and work sustained it. It is the story of Angola, a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery, the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history, How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of America's most essential stories are hidden in plain view - whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth or entire neighbourhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply imprinted. A Number One New York Times bestseller, How the Word is Passed is a landmark book that offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of the United States. For anyone who loved Hamilton but wanted to know more and fans of Brit(ish) and Natives.

'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish)

An accessible and moving second book of poems from Clint Smith, the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word is Passed.

Von 0 auf Platz 1 der New-York-Times-Bestseller-Liste: Clint Smith mit dem Buch der Stunde Eines der 10 besten Sachbücher des Jahres 2021 - New York Times Nominiert für den National Book Award for Nonfiction (Longlist) Eines von Barack Obamas Lieblingsbüchern des Jahres 2021 In diesem Buch nimmt Clint Smith uns mit auf eine einzigartige Reise: Er folgt den Spuren des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels von New Orleans bis nach Monticello und zum berüchtigten Angola Prison – historischen Stätten Amerikas, die von der Geschichte der Sklaverei erzählen. Doch die Wahrheit über das dort erlittene Unrecht ist unter vielen Schichten von Legenden und Zuschreibungen verschüttet. Poetisch und brillant führt uns Smith vor Augen, wie eng alltägliche Orte, Feiertage und sogar ganze Stadtteile bis heute mit diesem gewaltsamen Kapitel der amerikanischen Geschichte verflochten sind und so noch immer die Gegenwart prägen. »Smith zwingt uns, zu überdenken, was wir über die amerikanische Geschichte zu wissen glauben.« TIME »Wir brauchen dieses Buch.« Ibram X. Kendi, Autor von How to Be an Anti-Racist »Ein brillantes, wichtiges Werk über ›ein Verbrechen, das noch immer stattfindet‹« Kirkus