![]() ![]() 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) ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH”.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST.NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE. ![]()
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