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.

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.