Chapters Nine and Ten today of Battle Cry of Freedom. I'll try to carve out some time to jump in the fray. As always, if you haven't done the reading, please hold back.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.