A Deeper Black: Race in America - Ta

Speaker: 
Nehisi Coates
 
30 Jan 2017
 
7:00 PM
 
Great Hall, Memorial Union

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent at The Atlantic and wrote the magazine’s recent cover story “My President Was Black,” a history of the first African American White House. He is the author of the bestselling book Between the World and Me, which is written in the form of a letter to his teenage son about the challenges he will face growing up black in America. Coates’s June 2014 cover story on slavery and race, "The Case for Reparations," won the George Polk Award for Commentary, and in 2015 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is also the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series Keynote

Autographed copies of his book will be available for sale in lieu of a book signing.

[i]His most recent article, “My President Was Black”:[/i] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/my-president-was-black/508793/ [i]From his[/i] Atlantic[i] article, "The Case for Reparations":[/i] Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole. [b][url= http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/lecture/41731] Let Freedom Ring – Carillon Concert [/url][/b] Wednesday, January 11, 11:50 am, Central Campus A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur. [b][url=http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/lecture/41730] Community Birthday Celebration[/url][/b] Monday, January 16, 5:30pm, Ames Middle School, 3915 Mortensen Road Celebrate with song, story and birthday cake. An Ames tradition! Join us at 6:00 for cake and music, followed by an hourlong program beginning at 6:30pm. [b][url=http://www.lectures.iastate.edu/lecture/41732] Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Convocation[/url][/b] Thursday, January 19, 3:30 pm, Sun Room, Memorial Union Come celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and learn how his global vision of equality for everyone remains relevant today. The Advancing One Community Awards will also be presented.