Between the world and me / Ta-Nehisi Coates.
2015
E185.615 .C6335 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
Between the world and me / Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Author
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780812993547 hardcover
0812993543 hardcover
0812993543 hardcover
Published
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2015]
Language
English
Description
152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Call Number
E185.615 .C6335 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.800973
Summary
"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. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, 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. In his trademark style -- a mix of lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, essayistic argument, and reportage -- Coates provides readers a thrillingly illuminating new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary dilemma, and where we go from here"-- Provided by publisher.
Awards
Kirkus Prize, 2015.
National Book Award, 2015.
National Book Award, 2015.
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Table of Contents
Prologue : the talk
PART 1. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. The changes
The second change : Malcolm and the body
The third change : Mecca and the death of mythology
PART 2. THE SOOTY DETAILS OF THE SCENE. The fourth change : New York and the death of mercy
The fifth change : Gettysburg and the long war
The sixth change : Chicago and the streets
PART 3. A GRASSY CLEARING. The seventh change : eyes open to the world
The eighth change : the blast
Epilogue : into the world.
PART 1. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME. The changes
The second change : Malcolm and the body
The third change : Mecca and the death of mythology
PART 2. THE SOOTY DETAILS OF THE SCENE. The fourth change : New York and the death of mercy
The fifth change : Gettysburg and the long war
The sixth change : Chicago and the streets
PART 3. A GRASSY CLEARING. The seventh change : eyes open to the world
The eighth change : the blast
Epilogue : into the world.