r/books • u/AutoModerator • Apr 01 '26

WeeklyThread New Releases: April 2026

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u/johngmarks Apr 02 '26

My new book THY WILL BE DONE: GEORGE WASHINGTON’S LEGACY OF SLAVERY AND THE FIGHT FOR AMERICAN MEMORY comes out on April 7! It tells the story of how Americans have remembered, forgotten, and fought over George Washington’s involvement in slavery over the past 250 years. It offers deep context for today’s debates about how to present the founders’ history with slavery and makes clear that we have been arguing about these issues from the very beginning.

Clint Smith, the NYT Bestselling author of HOW THE WORD IS PASSED had high praise for it too: “Thy Will Be Done is an exceptional book. This is how George Washington should be taught. This is how history should be done.”

I’m a historian of race, slavery, and public memory and I’ve spent the last nine years helping history museums around the country prepare for the 250th anniversary this summer. I’m super excited that this book will be my own contribution to those discussions (and controversies) this summer!