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Our Migrant Souls (2024-25)
How the Word is Passed (2023-24)
The Best We Could Do (2022-23)
There There (2021-22)
How to Be an Antiracist (2020-21)
In Search of the Canary Tree (2019-20)
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Our Migrant Souls (2024-25)
How the Word is Passed (2023-24)
The Best We Could Do (2022-23)
There There (2021-22)
How to Be an Antiracist (2020-21)
In Search of the Canary Tree (2019-20)
Books in Common Since 2000
Previous Book in Common Shortlists
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How the Word is Passed (2023-24)
2023-24 Book in Common
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
The author with students in the Cross-Cultural Leadership Center on April 11, 2024.
Clint Smith
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Community Read Challenge
A four-week intensive program in preparation for the author's visit to campus.
Chapter Resources for Readers, Teachers, and Learners
Prologue
Monticello
Whitney
Angola
Blandford
Galveston
New York City
Gorée
Epilogue
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