Summary and Analysis of Between the World and Me

Based on the Book by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Worth Books

• Publisher: Worth Books
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781504043076
• Topic: Study Aids
• Subtopic: African American History

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About Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates:
 
Written in the form of a letter to his young son, Ta-Nehisi Coates's National Book Award winner, Between the World and Me, is a powerful personal essay that addresses the history of racism in America and its impact on our lives today.
 
Using his own experiences and observations as a starting point, Coates poses questions and imparts insights about the systematic oppression of persons of color, covering topics from the dark days of slavery to growing up in Baltimore in a "black body" to all-too-common instances of police brutality and everyday discrimination.
 
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For Your Information

Online

“Ta-Nehisi Coates on His Work and the Painful Process of Getting Conscious.” NPR.

“Between the Lines: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.” Livestream.

“‘Between the World and Me’: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation on Being Black in America.” Democracy Now.

“A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates.” Isaac Chotiner, Slate.

“The Case for Reparations.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic.

“The Enduring Solidarity of Whiteness.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic.

“The Paranoid Style of American Policing.” Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic.

“The Lessons of Jordan Davis’s Murder; Revisited.” Kristal Brent Zook, The Nation.

“Black Victim, Black Cop, Black County.” Jason Cherkis and Kevin Diaz, Washington City Paper.

Books

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education by Mychal Denzel Smith

Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson

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Table of contents

• Title
• Disclaimer
• Contents
• Context
• Overview
• Summary
• Themes and Symbols
• Timeline
• Cast of Characters
• Direct Quotes and Analysis
• Trivia
• What’s That Word?
• Critical Response
• About Ta-Nehisi Coates
• For Your Information
• Bibliography
• Copyright