![]() ![]() It was also a journey to fill in his own gaps. Soon after, Smith became “obsessed” with how slavery is remembered and reckoned with, and for nearly three years, he traveled around the world, visiting museums, plantations, cemeteries, prisons, and historical landmarks to learn how different places - and the people who run or visit those places - confront, or fail to confront, the legacy of slavery. Even the street where his parents still live, he came to understand, was named after a man who owned more than 150 slaves during his lifetime. ![]() Lee was taken down in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith, Ed.M.'17, Ph.D.'20, realized he knew little about his city’s relationship with slavery, including the hundreds of parks, schools, and statues named after Confederate figures and local slaveholders. ![]() In May 2017, after the statue of Robert E. ![]()
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