Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me , this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-nehisi Coates became Ta-nehisi Coates.
Coates also tells of his struggles at school and with girls, making this a timely story to which many readers will relate..
Coates details with candor the challenges of dealing with his tough-love father, the influence of his mother, and the dynamics of his extended family, including his brother Big Bill, who was on a very different path than Ta-Nehisi.
When it came to his sons, he was committed to raising proud Black men equipped to deal with a racist society, during a turbulent period in the collapsing city of Baltimore where they lived.
Paul Coates was a Vietnam vet who\'d been part of the Black Panthers and was dedicated to reading and publishing the history of African civilization.
As a child, Ta-nehisi Coates was seen by his father, Paul, as too sensitive and lacking focus.
Adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me , this father-son story explores how boys become men, and quite specifically, how Ta-nehisi Coates became Ta-nehisi Coates
