To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul

To Free the Captives is a powerful and thought-provoking book that explores the complexities of American history, identity, and memory.

Through a deeply personal and lyrical lens, Tracy K.

Smith examines the lives of her ancestors and the ongoing struggle for Black continuance in America.

With urgency and hope, she invites readers to lean backward toward history and gather a fuller sense of the lives that have come before us, in order to better understand who we are as a nation and what we might hope to mean to one another.

This book is not just a memoir or historical account, but a call to action, urging readers to work alongside the generations that precede us in tending to America's oldest wounds and meeting the urgencies of our present.

With its unique blend of personal, documentary, and spiritual perspectives, To Free the Captives is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of American identity and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality.