![]() ![]() Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men-bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review.NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE. ![]() NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone)
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