Clint shares a lesson about one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions was the 1896 case of Plessy v Ferguson, which set the precedent that segregating people by race was acceptable.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 15, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the life story of journalist, orator, teacher, suffragette, and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, October 8, 2021
In an interview with CNN, Clint discusses the myths of about slavery that still hold America captive and his book How the Word Is Passed.
By John Blake
CNN, October 2, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the Reconstruction amendments, the Freedman's Bureau, and the election of 1876, among other things.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 24, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about how Black people fought and participated in the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, and lots more.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 17, 2021
How the Word Is Passed is named to the longlist of the National Book Awards for nonfiction.
By National Book Foundation
National Book Foundation, September, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about one of the most famous writers, orators, and advocates of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 10, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the US Supreme Court decision in Scott vs Sanford, handed down in 1857.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, September 4, 2021
I don’t know how long the power will be out in New Orleans. But I know more storms are coming.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, September 3, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the origins of the Underground Railroad, the systems that helped people escape, and the people who helped along the route.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 27, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about Maria Stewart who flouted the social conventions of her time and place and became a notable public speaker, thinker, and writer.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 20, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the growth of the cotton industry, who benefited from it, and who was left out.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 13, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about group of enslaved people in Louisiana who rebelled, and the after effects would be felt in Louisiana and throughout the nation for decades.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, August 6, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the experience of enslaved women, and how their experience of slavery was different than men.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 31, 2021
In an interview with Harvard University, Clint Smith explores the way white supremacy continues to shape how we think about our history—and ourselves.
By Paul Massari
Harvard University, July 30, 2021
States make millions off phone-call fees from incarcerated people, but the cost can be even higher for their families.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, July 29, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about how Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 to enforce that clause, how enslavers throughout the country used that rule, and the long-term effects of this law.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 23, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the 3/5 Clause and the Fugitive Slave clause, which entrenched the institution of slavery in the fundamental law of the new United States.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 10, 2021
The squad has transformed culturally since the last time the English were champions. I’m rooting for the future it represents.
By Clint Smith
The Atlantic, July 9, 2021
Clint shares a lesson about the Black people took who took up arms on both sides of the American Revolution.
By Clint Smith
Crash Course, July 2, 2021