Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Unlikely Road to Manhood'

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Published February 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM EST

Ta-Nehisi Coates describes growing up with a father who was a member of the Black Panthers in his memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Coates is a contributing editor and blogger for The Atlantic magazine.

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