The Beautiful Struggle, (Paperback)

from iammbb

Ta-Nehisi Coates came up in Baltimore, a middle son of a father who had seven children by four women. A Beautiful Struggle is the lyrical, poetic story of Coates' parents' struggle to imbue their children with the skills and education needed to master their often unfriendly environment. Walter Mo...

from froxgirl

It's stunning to discover this memoir after all the justifiable hype about "Between the World And Me", his second book, an aspirational long-note-left-on-the-nightstand to Coates' son. This earlier book tells the saga of his unusual family life in the home of his father Big Bill Coates, mother Li...

from iammbb

Ta-Nehisi Coates came up in Baltimore, a middle son of a father who had seven children by four women. A Beautiful Struggle is the lyrical, poetic story of Coates' parents' struggle to imbue their children with the skills and education needed to master their often unfriendly environment. Walter Mo...

from mjspear

Realistic look at a young black man growing up in urban Baltimore. He learns politics from his activist Dad, how to fight from his older brother, andlove from his no-nonsense mother. Full of references to the 70s the civil rights movement. leadership qualities:Realistic look at a young black man ...

from Neftzger

This is one of those books that I picked based on a desire to read new authors and expand my reading list, and I was very glad to have chosen this title. It's a memoir about growing up in a black community in Maryland and gives great insight into a different America than the one I experienced as ...