Lyman Beecher Brooks Library: Common Reader: Reviews & Interviews

Book Reviews

Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks About New Film Of His book ‘Between The World And Me’ | TODAY
November 19, 2020

Ta-Nehisi Coates On Police Brutality, The Confederate Flag And Forgiveness
2015

Ta-Nehisi Coates - On Debunking The Myth of American Exceptionalism | The Daily Show
February 20, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Fight Over U.S. History
The award-winning writers discuss the 1619 Project, American democracy and Donald Trump. From July 2021
On Being with Krista Tippett: Ta-Nehisi Coates Imagining a New America
Ta-Nehisi Coates says we must love our country the way we love our friends — and not spare the hard truths. “Can you get to a place where citizens are encouraged to see themselves critically, where they’re encouraged to see their history critically?” he asks. Coates is a poetic journalist and a defining voice of our times. He’s with us in a conversation that is joyful, hard, kind, soaring, and down-to-earth all at once. He spoke with Krista as part of the 2017 Chicago Humanities Festival.
Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Unlikely Road to Manhood'
Ta-Nehisi Coates describes growing up with a father who was a member of the Black Panthers in his memoir The Beautiful Struggle. From February 18, 2009.