The beautiful struggle : a memoir
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The beautiful struggle : a memoir
AUTHOR:
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Adaptation of (expression): Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Beautiful struggle.
ISBN:
9781984894021
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Beautiful struggle (Young reader's edition)
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Delacorte Press, c2021.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
157 p. : map, geneal. table ; 22 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
"Adapted for young adults."
"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" -- Provided by publisher.
ABSTRACT:
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.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT_TERM:
GEOGRAPHIC_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| African Americans -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature. |
| Fathers and sons -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Street life -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- Juvenile literature. |
| Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. |
| Coates, Ta-Nehisi -- Juvenile literature. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.--