Book

Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.

Between the world and me / Ta-Nehisi Coates.

First edition.

New York, NY : Spiegel & Grau, [2015]

152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him--most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. In this book, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings--moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled history of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, a trip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago's South Side to visit aging survivors of 20th century America's 'long war on black people,' or a visit with the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police.

Race discrimination -- United States.

African Americans -- United States -- Social conditions.

African Americans -- United States -- Public opinion.

White people -- United States -- Attitudes.

United States -- Race relations.

Between the world & me

National Book Award, 2015.

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