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A Reckoning with the History of Slavery in the U.S.
Clint Smith is an award-winning poet and author whose work examines America’s complex relationship with race. In his latest book, "How the Word Is Passed," Smith tours the country, examining the state of America’s racial reckoning as reflected in the country's best known monuments – as he explains to Walter Isaacson.
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Merav Michaeli; Nasser Al-Kidwa; Jeffrey Goldberg; John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter