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'I Urge You to Struggle': An Evening With Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 19, 2015 |
Video by The Atlantic

Ta-Nehisi Coates returned to his native Baltimore on July 15, 2015, to discuss and sign his newly released book on race, Between the World and Me. The book, presented as a letter written to his adolescent son, engages with a wide range of topics relating to the black experience in America. Coates reads a passage from the book and later fields questions from the audience. Read more coverage of the book here.

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