Lindsay Johns

Escape from the hood

Ta-Nehisi Coates — a name we should all be getting to know — describes escaping the black ghetto for university life in an inspiring memoir, The Beautiful Struggle

issue 07 May 2016

  • The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir

    Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Verso, pp. 228

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