Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

The beautiful struggle : a memoir / Ta-Nehisi Coates. - First edition. - 157 pages : map, genealogical table ; 22 cm

"Adapted for young adults" -- Title page. "This work is based on The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood, originally published in hardcover by Spiegel & Grau, New York, in 2008."-- Publisher email.

"A memoir from Ta-Nehisi Coates, in which he details the challenges on the streets and within one's family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances"-- As a child, Coates was seen by his father as too sensitive and lacking focus. 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. 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. 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. -- adapted from jacket

Ages 12 up Delacorte Press.

ISBN: 9781984894021 1984894021 9781984894038 198489403X

LCCN: 2020040484

Subjects--Personal Names:
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Maryland--Baltimore--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions.--Maryland--Baltimore
Fathers and sons--Maryland--Baltimore--Biography.
Street life--Maryland--Baltimore.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Dewey Class. No.: 305.896/07307526