About the Book: In a profound work that pi vots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the m ost intimate concerns of a father for his son\, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation&rsquo\;s history and c urrent crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of &ldquo\;race\ ,&rdquo\; a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bo dies of black women and men&mdash\;bodies exploited through slavery and se gregation\, and\, today\, threatened\, locked up\, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to liv e within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?
\nBetween the World and Me is Ta -Nehisi Coates&rsquo\;s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to h is adolescent son. Coates shares with his son&mdash\;and readers&mdash\;th e story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences\, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields\, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris\, from his childhoo d home to the living rooms of mothers whose children&rsquo\;s lives were t aken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative\, reim agined history\, and fresh\, emotionally charged reportage\, Between the W orld and Me clearly illuminates the past\, bracingly confronts our present \, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of The Beautiful Struggle\, We Were Eight Years In Power and B etween The World And Me\, which won the National Book Award in 2015. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.
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