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Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates11th Grade pick #11 · 152 pages · ISBN 9780812993547As an Amazon Associate KitQuest earns from qualifying purchases.About this bookIn a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And